Editor: Something for everyone.
(kreuz.net) The Old Liberal Front in the German -- the theoflunkies, journalists and Bishops -- rebel against the new Instruction 'Universae Ecclesiae'.
That is the result of the first reaction to the document.
The German Bishops' Conference published only a brief press release on the publication of the new document.
The current Counsel of the Bishop's Conference will "advise" on the Instruction of the next meeting in June -- completely unnecessarily.
Accordingly, the original Guidelines of 2007 have "only been slightly altered".
The Nattering Bishops
The statement of the Bishops Conference attempted to downplay the importance of the Mass of All Times:
"In Germany there are 128 locations which celebrate the Mass at irregular intervals.
For that reason they are not organized in communities.
In comparison to which: In Germany there are 11,300 Parish Communities."
That these parish Communities are, in comparison to Old Rite Communities, massively over aged and spiritual dead is not discussed.
The Novus Ordo Eucharistic Celebration Expresses a Theological Break.
The speaker of the "Workers Community of Catholic Liturgists", the layman Benedict Kranemann, also criticized the Instruction.
Kranemann teaches in Erfurt.
He lamented that the Instruction had not taken into account the Critique of the German Bishop's Conference and the German State-theoflunkies.
There is a danger that "tensions within the Church will be intensified".
Kranemann asks, how "two different forms of religious services could stand for the same theology?"
This -- justifiable -- objection had been made also by Italian Liturgists.
In any case: The Sedevacantists are Discussed
The chief editor of the German 'Catholic News Agency', Ludwig Ring-Eifel, maintains, that the Instruction has "validated decisively the Traditionalist Faithful" in almost all points of argument.
The Instruction "has made an enormous entrance with the inhabitants of this stream near the Bishops" -- wrote Ring-Eifel almost as precisely careful as the Instruction itself.
In reality the Instruction forbids the Bishops to offer the ordination in the Old Rite in their Diocese.
Finally, Ring-Eifel commented on a "sharp" cut off of "tradionalist fanatics, who go so far as to declare the New Mass as invalid."
He mentioned the Sedevacantist position, in order to insinuate the Society of St. Pius X:
"The adherents of the Society of St. Pius X, which is at present in discussions over dogmatic conflicts with Rome, must decide where they stand."
Society of St. Pius X Praises Instruction
The German district superior of the Society of St. Pius X, Father Franz Schmidberger, boisterously praised the Instruction to the German 'Catholic News Agency'.
The Pope has placed a necessary bar on the arbitrary sidetracking of the Motu Propio by many Bishops.
The Cleric was especially pleased that the Instruction has promoted better Latin instruction.
Fr. Schmidberger sees a "serious Will" of the Vatican, 'to protect holiness of the Liturgy".
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Anglicans in Conflict: Can a Freemason be a Christian?
London (kath.net/KAP) After the naming of a Freemason to Bishop the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is once again coming under criticism.[He once apologized to them] From a report at the "Sunday Telegraph", the leading members and clergy of the General Synod of the Anglican Church criticized the decision to name Jonathan Baker as the Bishop of Ebbsfleet. There have been "serious conflicts between the organization and the Anglican Church", he said.
Baker would be a "flying Bishop" to care for the faithful, who are opposed to women's ordination and are still in the Anglican Church. According to information from the newspaper Baker let it be known shortly after his naming to renounce his membership in the Masonic Lodge this Sunday. He gave his grounds as being his desire to concentrate on his new appointment. Yet previously, he affirmed that his membership with the Freemasons are compatible with his Episcopal Office.
Williams has indicated in the past on various occasions that he has serious reservations about the compatibility of Freemasons and Christianity, for example, at a General Synod in 1987. The bout then, however, did not come to a conclusion.
Link to the original, kath.net...
Baker would be a "flying Bishop" to care for the faithful, who are opposed to women's ordination and are still in the Anglican Church. According to information from the newspaper Baker let it be known shortly after his naming to renounce his membership in the Masonic Lodge this Sunday. He gave his grounds as being his desire to concentrate on his new appointment. Yet previously, he affirmed that his membership with the Freemasons are compatible with his Episcopal Office.
Williams has indicated in the past on various occasions that he has serious reservations about the compatibility of Freemasons and Christianity, for example, at a General Synod in 1987. The bout then, however, did not come to a conclusion.
Link to the original, kath.net...
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Redemption songs: The conversion of Bob Marley
Editor: We just received this item from the e-mail. It's always heartwarming to hear stories of conversion. We'll withhold comment about Mr. Marley's ultimate fate. It's not something we can know with absolute certainty and it's not our decision to make, but God is love, we know that and that Bob Marley received the last rites of the Orthodox Church gives us more hope for his salvation than had he received none.
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Redemption songs: The conversion of Bob Marley
By Christopher Stefanick
May 11 marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Robert Nesta Marley, more popularly known as Bob Marley. He’s known by other titles as well: “The king of reggae,” “the first Third World superstar,” “The Honorable Robert Nesta Marley,” and, by Rastafarians, as “The Prophet,” or “The Teacher.” There have even been efforts by Jamaicans for him to be declared a national hero.
What many don’t know is that Bob Marley can also be called a Christian. He was baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox faith before his death in 1981.
Bob Marley had become a zealous Rastafarian as a young man. The dreadlocks and pot smoking that became central to his image weren’t just accessories to a rock star lifestyle. They were pillars of Rastafarian faith. Rastas believe that cannabis removes mental barriers to enlightened thinking, and they base their dreadlocks in Old Testament law. As debatable as these doctrines are, it’s clear that a sincere faith in God and service of his people were the driving forces in Bob’s life and music.
One doesn’t have to dig deep into his lyrics to see Marley’s faith. In “One Love,” named the song of the millennium by BBC, Bob sings, “Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.” And in songs like, “Forever Loving Jah” (“Jah” is the Rastafarian word for God), Marley is clearly praying, not just performing. Praise to “Jah” can be found throughout his music. Bob wasn’t just a secular rock star. It’s probably more accurate to say he was a religious musician who had made it in the secular world.
Read the rest of the article, here.
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Redemption songs: The conversion of Bob Marley
By Christopher Stefanick
May 11 marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Robert Nesta Marley, more popularly known as Bob Marley. He’s known by other titles as well: “The king of reggae,” “the first Third World superstar,” “The Honorable Robert Nesta Marley,” and, by Rastafarians, as “The Prophet,” or “The Teacher.” There have even been efforts by Jamaicans for him to be declared a national hero.
What many don’t know is that Bob Marley can also be called a Christian. He was baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox faith before his death in 1981.
Bob Marley had become a zealous Rastafarian as a young man. The dreadlocks and pot smoking that became central to his image weren’t just accessories to a rock star lifestyle. They were pillars of Rastafarian faith. Rastas believe that cannabis removes mental barriers to enlightened thinking, and they base their dreadlocks in Old Testament law. As debatable as these doctrines are, it’s clear that a sincere faith in God and service of his people were the driving forces in Bob’s life and music.
One doesn’t have to dig deep into his lyrics to see Marley’s faith. In “One Love,” named the song of the millennium by BBC, Bob sings, “Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.” And in songs like, “Forever Loving Jah” (“Jah” is the Rastafarian word for God), Marley is clearly praying, not just performing. Praise to “Jah” can be found throughout his music. Bob wasn’t just a secular rock star. It’s probably more accurate to say he was a religious musician who had made it in the secular world.
Read the rest of the article, here.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
'Universae Ecclesiae" is Out: Seminarians Must Learn the Traditional Mass
It is to be assumed that the Old Liberal German Bishops also can't wait for the expected clarification from Rome.
(kreuz.net, Vatikan) The Instruction 'Universae Ecclesiae' to the Motu Proprio 'Summorum Pontificum' isn't slap in the faces of the Old Believers, nor is it perfect.
This was reported by Father John Zuhlsdorf from a well-known Weblog 'wdtprs.com'.
The priest received the three page long document, which will be addressed by journalists at ten o'clock tomorrow.
He will honor the moratorium till noon.
The Rights of Traditionalists Before the Bishops
Vatican Andrea Tornielli went cleverly to work.
He published today on his website the first contents of the document.
According to that 'Universae Ecclesiae' underscores the rights of the Traditionalists against the Old Liberal Bishops.
The shepherds must not obstruct the freedom of the Traditionalists by limiting rules or qualifications.
For example there are no specifications about the number of faithful necessary for a group of Traditionalists to have a Mass.
In any case, the priest must have a solid understanding of Latin for the celebration of the Old Mass.
That about closes out the ninety percent of the priests who've been educated in the system of seminaries run into the abyss by the Bishops for the last thirty years.
Even the Easter Triduum
In the new generation of priests it will be different. Because the Clarification desires that the celebration of the Old Mass will be a part of priestly education again.
It is to be expected that the German speaking Bishops will not be kept out of Rome by any further schismatic acts.
The Clarification also provides for the celebration of the Easter Triduum, in so far as there is a Traditionalist group.
As recently as last Good Friday neo-Conservative Bishop Fraz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg refused to allow the Traditionalists in his Diocese to celebrate the Old Liturgy.
Finally the Papal Commission 'Ecclesia Dei' explains Tornielli will in the future be a clearing house for receiving alleged or real conflicts.
Link to original, kreuz.net...
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(kreuz.net, Vatikan) The Instruction 'Universae Ecclesiae' to the Motu Proprio 'Summorum Pontificum' isn't slap in the faces of the Old Believers, nor is it perfect.
This was reported by Father John Zuhlsdorf from a well-known Weblog 'wdtprs.com'.
The priest received the three page long document, which will be addressed by journalists at ten o'clock tomorrow.
He will honor the moratorium till noon.
The Rights of Traditionalists Before the Bishops
Vatican Andrea Tornielli went cleverly to work.
He published today on his website the first contents of the document.
According to that 'Universae Ecclesiae' underscores the rights of the Traditionalists against the Old Liberal Bishops.
The shepherds must not obstruct the freedom of the Traditionalists by limiting rules or qualifications.
For example there are no specifications about the number of faithful necessary for a group of Traditionalists to have a Mass.
In any case, the priest must have a solid understanding of Latin for the celebration of the Old Mass.
That about closes out the ninety percent of the priests who've been educated in the system of seminaries run into the abyss by the Bishops for the last thirty years.
Even the Easter Triduum
In the new generation of priests it will be different. Because the Clarification desires that the celebration of the Old Mass will be a part of priestly education again.
It is to be expected that the German speaking Bishops will not be kept out of Rome by any further schismatic acts.
The Clarification also provides for the celebration of the Easter Triduum, in so far as there is a Traditionalist group.
As recently as last Good Friday neo-Conservative Bishop Fraz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg refused to allow the Traditionalists in his Diocese to celebrate the Old Liturgy.
Finally the Papal Commission 'Ecclesia Dei' explains Tornielli will in the future be a clearing house for receiving alleged or real conflicts.
Link to original, kreuz.net...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Liturgical Abuses Encouraged by John Paul II says Former Master of Ceremonies
He Encouraged it Himself
The beatified John Paul II could be named as the patron Saint of liturgical abuses.
(kreuz.net, Vatikan) The beatified John Paul II († 2005) had expressly desired the abuses which were celebrated before him in Pontifical Offices.
This is what the organizer of the abuses and many years Master of Ceremonies, Archbishop Piero Marini (69) wrote in his new book, "IO sono un Papa amabile. Gioanni Paolo II" -- "I am a loveable Pope. John Paul II."
Paolo Rodari reported this on May 7. on his [often excellent] website 'Palazzo Apostolico'
For every trip an actual theater Mass
Rodari reminds of the neo-Conservative theory, where the then Master of Ceremonies, Marini, is supposed to have incited a "spectacle coterminous with the Papal Liturgies" against the will of Pope John Paul II.
This justification is energetically contradicted by Archbishop Marini in his book.
The Conciliar Blessed had encouraged him to insert more cultic heather practices in the Papal Masses -- wrote Msgr Marini.
John Paul II wanted to break through the "rigor" of Papal Masses.
Archbishop Marinini reports that John Paul II wanted a "new Liturgy for every trip".
The Conciliar Blessed is said to have turned to Msgr Marini saying with praise: "beautiful, beautiful."
The Cardinal Found the Legs for Angelic Dancing
Archibishop Marini mentions even a risque moment, which had occurred at a Papal Mass in 1991.
At that time the Archbishop wanted a dance with the Archbishop of San Luis Maranao in North Eastern Brazil, Msgr Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte († 2009) during a Papal Mass.
At the announcement of the Gospel two dancers stepped forth, whose robes were blown high by a sudden wind.
After the Mass the Cardinals discussed in the Sacristy if this spectacle was actually necessary.
On that the then president of the Brazilian Bishops Conference, Msgr Luciano Mendez de Almeida († 2006) had answered that he had seen "the angel of the Resurrection" in the two dancers -- so says Msgr Marini.
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The beatified John Paul II could be named as the patron Saint of liturgical abuses.
(kreuz.net, Vatikan) The beatified John Paul II († 2005) had expressly desired the abuses which were celebrated before him in Pontifical Offices.
This is what the organizer of the abuses and many years Master of Ceremonies, Archbishop Piero Marini (69) wrote in his new book, "IO sono un Papa amabile. Gioanni Paolo II" -- "I am a loveable Pope. John Paul II."
Paolo Rodari reported this on May 7. on his [often excellent] website 'Palazzo Apostolico'
For every trip an actual theater Mass
Rodari reminds of the neo-Conservative theory, where the then Master of Ceremonies, Marini, is supposed to have incited a "spectacle coterminous with the Papal Liturgies" against the will of Pope John Paul II.
This justification is energetically contradicted by Archbishop Marini in his book.
The Conciliar Blessed had encouraged him to insert more cultic heather practices in the Papal Masses -- wrote Msgr Marini.
John Paul II wanted to break through the "rigor" of Papal Masses.
Archbishop Marinini reports that John Paul II wanted a "new Liturgy for every trip".
The Conciliar Blessed is said to have turned to Msgr Marini saying with praise: "beautiful, beautiful."
The Cardinal Found the Legs for Angelic Dancing
Archibishop Marini mentions even a risque moment, which had occurred at a Papal Mass in 1991.
At that time the Archbishop wanted a dance with the Archbishop of San Luis Maranao in North Eastern Brazil, Msgr Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte († 2009) during a Papal Mass.
At the announcement of the Gospel two dancers stepped forth, whose robes were blown high by a sudden wind.
After the Mass the Cardinals discussed in the Sacristy if this spectacle was actually necessary.
On that the then president of the Brazilian Bishops Conference, Msgr Luciano Mendez de Almeida († 2006) had answered that he had seen "the angel of the Resurrection" in the two dancers -- so says Msgr Marini.
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Vatican to publish advice on guidelines to prevent, respond to abuse
Editor: This is a problem of evil and heresy. It's not a problem you can address with bogus educational programs and sex education. This is still yet another useless attempt to indemnify legally without addressing the well-known substance of the issue that what are called affectively disordered individuals will continue to be ordained and keep their jobs. Cardinal Levada's prominent place in these discussions will assure that. By many accounts, they are swinging at phantoms, since actual claims of abuse are so small when it comes toCatholic Priests.
Society at large, the Government and the entertainment media complex have a lot of housecleaning to do before they go after the Catholic Church.
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Society at large, the Government and the entertainment media complex have a lot of housecleaning to do before they go after the Catholic Church.
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has written a circular letter to bishops' conferences around the world on preparing policies and guidelines for dealing with cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors.
The Vatican press office announced May 11 that it would release the text of the letter May 16.
U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the doctrinal congregation, announced in November that his office, which coordinates the church's response to abuse cases, was preparing the document. He said it would help every bishops' conference in the world design a "coordinated and effective program" of child protection and of dealing with allegations
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Russian bishop: America has problems with democracy
Editor: If you read between the lines, you can see that he thinks the USA has too much Democracy and needs more Socialism.
Saratov, May 11, Interfax - Head of Patriarchal Dioceses in the USA Archbishop Justinian of Narofominsk believes the USA still has to work hard on its democracy.
"Economic living standards in the US are much higher than those in Russia. Our situation is aggravated by poverty and sometimes unbearable living conditions in the country's regions. At the same time, I wouldn't regard the situation in the United States as ideal," Archbishop Justinian said in an interview published by the Pravoslaviye i Sovremennost (Orthodoxy and Modern Times) magazine of the Saratov Diocese.
According to him, several thousand strong demonstrations may be held in America where people freely express their opinions and protests but "they often receive no response from the Government: "Do you want to speak out? You are welcome, this is America, and we have democracy. But the authorities will continue to pursue their own government policy."
"It is only evident. There are problems here just as in any other state, including problems with relations of nationalities," Archbishop Justinian said.
However, he believes that a true democracy or "to put it better, a true freedom of which we sometimes dream is unfeasible on Earth," as "a true freedom may be only in Christ."
Link, here...
Saratov, May 11, Interfax - Head of Patriarchal Dioceses in the USA Archbishop Justinian of Narofominsk believes the USA still has to work hard on its democracy.
"Economic living standards in the US are much higher than those in Russia. Our situation is aggravated by poverty and sometimes unbearable living conditions in the country's regions. At the same time, I wouldn't regard the situation in the United States as ideal," Archbishop Justinian said in an interview published by the Pravoslaviye i Sovremennost (Orthodoxy and Modern Times) magazine of the Saratov Diocese.
According to him, several thousand strong demonstrations may be held in America where people freely express their opinions and protests but "they often receive no response from the Government: "Do you want to speak out? You are welcome, this is America, and we have democracy. But the authorities will continue to pursue their own government policy."
"It is only evident. There are problems here just as in any other state, including problems with relations of nationalities," Archbishop Justinian said.
However, he believes that a true democracy or "to put it better, a true freedom of which we sometimes dream is unfeasible on Earth," as "a true freedom may be only in Christ."
Link, here...
Cardinal Schönborn to Announce "Restructuring" of Vienna Parishes
Now the Church has to be stuffed together, even in Vienna. Even the celebratory vocabulary can't wash away the sad reality.
(kreuz.net) Christoph Cardinal Schönborn of Vienna won't be naming any more priests "till further notice" to parishes.
The was covered by the newspaper 'Die Presse' yesterday in connection to insider information.
The reason for the measure: The pastor has rights against his Bishop, which the latter must respect.
It is primarily through the respect of these rights that priests are protected from the arbitrariness of their Old Liberal Bishops.
In the lead on the way down
This step will prepare the way for the coalescence of 660 parishes and for "new forms of community leadership".
The newspaper calls the measures a "blow for freedom".
"The announcement is the kernel of an unpublished pastoral letter, which will be read in all the churches of the Archdiocese of Vienna" -- says the anti-Church newspaper.
With this the Cardinal is opening the next chapter, "to makes his church fit for the future" -- gushed 'Die Presse' in the high estimation of the leftist Cardinal.
Nowhere else in Austria is the ecclesiastical decline greater than in the Archdiocese of Vienna.
The number of Catholics in the city of Vienna are estimated at about less than forty percent.
The left led Archdiocese is also in the lead for people leaving the Church throughout Austria.
Just before the End
The upcoming measures will lead to the situation where numerous parish churchs are transformed into filial churches.
"All alternations will serve a large number of living communities in their place" -- was the Cardinal's euphemistic way of putting it.
In any wise, he also describes the actual condition of the Diocese, destroyed by Old Liberal officials:
"There are fewer Church members, and even that number who participate in their parish, is even less."
And: "In most parishes children and young people are absent. Our financial and personnel resources are thin."
And with the Old Liberal Ideology in the Future?
Cardinal Schönborn is supposedly to direct the renewal under the motto, "mission first".
For that reason the three last Old Liberal Diocesan Assemblies have been implemented in the Stepensdom.
Actually, the Old Liberal Ideology is the opposite of an outwardly oriented, missionary Church.
They limit themselves to playing solitaire, inner-Church trench warfare and ecclesiastical solipsism.
(kreuz.net) Christoph Cardinal Schönborn of Vienna won't be naming any more priests "till further notice" to parishes.
The was covered by the newspaper 'Die Presse' yesterday in connection to insider information.
The reason for the measure: The pastor has rights against his Bishop, which the latter must respect.
It is primarily through the respect of these rights that priests are protected from the arbitrariness of their Old Liberal Bishops.
In the lead on the way down
This step will prepare the way for the coalescence of 660 parishes and for "new forms of community leadership".
The newspaper calls the measures a "blow for freedom".
"The announcement is the kernel of an unpublished pastoral letter, which will be read in all the churches of the Archdiocese of Vienna" -- says the anti-Church newspaper.
With this the Cardinal is opening the next chapter, "to makes his church fit for the future" -- gushed 'Die Presse' in the high estimation of the leftist Cardinal.
Nowhere else in Austria is the ecclesiastical decline greater than in the Archdiocese of Vienna.
The number of Catholics in the city of Vienna are estimated at about less than forty percent.
The left led Archdiocese is also in the lead for people leaving the Church throughout Austria.
Just before the End
The upcoming measures will lead to the situation where numerous parish churchs are transformed into filial churches.
"All alternations will serve a large number of living communities in their place" -- was the Cardinal's euphemistic way of putting it.
In any wise, he also describes the actual condition of the Diocese, destroyed by Old Liberal officials:
"There are fewer Church members, and even that number who participate in their parish, is even less."
And: "In most parishes children and young people are absent. Our financial and personnel resources are thin."
And with the Old Liberal Ideology in the Future?
Cardinal Schönborn is supposedly to direct the renewal under the motto, "mission first".
For that reason the three last Old Liberal Diocesan Assemblies have been implemented in the Stepensdom.
Actually, the Old Liberal Ideology is the opposite of an outwardly oriented, missionary Church.
They limit themselves to playing solitaire, inner-Church trench warfare and ecclesiastical solipsism.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Pro-Homosexual Republican Legislator Threatens Local Priest
Editor: This provides a clear illustration to support anyone who has to explain why people shouldn't support the right-wing Liberals in the Repugnican Party. The following exchange not only shows an incredible lack of professionalism, but outright hostility to the social issues which put this representative in office in the first place. Representative Kriesel will be hard pressed to keep his seat and may have to do some fancy footwork not to find himself thrown out of the Republican party for such an over display of hostility and rudeness to someone who had supported him in the past, even referring to the priest, Father Echert, a Lt Colonel in the Air National Guard, as "Mr. Echert".
The State Senator is known for his service in Iraq and losing both of his legs in a roadside attack in 2006. If he plans on maintaining a political career, he's going to have to eat some serious crow and get better people working for him who aren't going to create enemies unnecessarily. He's a blue collar guy who should probably have stayed being a blue collar guy. He just alienated himself from most of his constituency.
PASTOR’S CORNER AN INSULT AND A THREAT
Following the lead of the Minnesota bishops, who are united in promoting a state amendment supporting a Marriage Amendment to insure legal recognition is given only to marriages between a man and a woman here in Minnesota, I sent the following email to one of our local state representatives:
Dear Representative Kriesel:
Greetings from Father John Echert, Pastor of the Parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Augustine in South St. Paul. I am writing to you specifically in regards to the proposed Marriage Amendment under consideration here in Minnesota in light of an email exchange which you recently had with my Associate Pastor, Father Robert Grabner. Within your response you wrote, “Unfortunately I do not support the Marriage Amendment and will not be voting for it.” I am very saddened to learn this, especially since I had encouraged one of our parishioners, one of your campaign advocates, to have you come to our parish Fall Festival last October so that parishioners could meet you in the days leading up to the elections. Also, as a military Chaplain here in the Minnesota Air National Guard I have been using you as a heroic example of resiliency in our monthly Yellow Ribbon Program for recently returned deployers.
I ask you to please reconsider your position on this critical matter. While we can legitimately debate issues related to finances and politics, those that are grounded upon basic moral principles and family values are rooted in the laws of God. I am commencing this week with a parish campaign to promote support for a Marriage Amendment in Minnesota; I hope that you will be among those elected officials upon whom we can count for your efforts at the leadership level to protect traditional marriage in our state.
Sincerely, Father John Echert
Sadly, I received back the following response from his office, which is outright insulting (note the use of the title Mr.) and threatening, not to mention the fact that it fails to address the issue:
Representative Kriesel stands by this response and stated that he does not care if this exchange is made public in the parish. Folks, God help us if the day has come when the Church cannot speak out on moral issues. If staffer Tyler or Representative Kriesel has a mind to sic the IRS on me or our parishes here in South St. Paul, they better plan to take on the Archdiocese of St Paul, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the bishops of Minnesota and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, for that matter, for our united opposition to abortion and support for the protection of traditional marriage. In fact, on the same day that this email exchange occurred, one of our bishops was addressing the state legislature on this very issue.
PASTOR’S CORNER (continued) Next week I will publish the official text from the
Minnesota Catholic Conference in support of a Marriage Amendment. Meanwhile, if you would like to let Representative John Kriesel know your views on the issue of the protection of marriage and also let him know your opinion of his attitude towards Church activism on moral issues, you can email him at rep.john.kriesel@house.mn, call him at 651-297-9010, or send mail to 451 State Office Bldg, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155
I recommend that all correspondence sent to the Representative be respectful and charitable, as befitting all Christians.
Story from the CDL of Minnesota and Stella Borealis.
Also discussed at, American Papist.
The State Senator is known for his service in Iraq and losing both of his legs in a roadside attack in 2006. If he plans on maintaining a political career, he's going to have to eat some serious crow and get better people working for him who aren't going to create enemies unnecessarily. He's a blue collar guy who should probably have stayed being a blue collar guy. He just alienated himself from most of his constituency.
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PASTOR’S CORNER AN INSULT AND A THREAT
Following the lead of the Minnesota bishops, who are united in promoting a state amendment supporting a Marriage Amendment to insure legal recognition is given only to marriages between a man and a woman here in Minnesota, I sent the following email to one of our local state representatives:
Dear Representative Kriesel:
Greetings from Father John Echert, Pastor of the Parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Augustine in South St. Paul. I am writing to you specifically in regards to the proposed Marriage Amendment under consideration here in Minnesota in light of an email exchange which you recently had with my Associate Pastor, Father Robert Grabner. Within your response you wrote, “Unfortunately I do not support the Marriage Amendment and will not be voting for it.” I am very saddened to learn this, especially since I had encouraged one of our parishioners, one of your campaign advocates, to have you come to our parish Fall Festival last October so that parishioners could meet you in the days leading up to the elections. Also, as a military Chaplain here in the Minnesota Air National Guard I have been using you as a heroic example of resiliency in our monthly Yellow Ribbon Program for recently returned deployers.
I ask you to please reconsider your position on this critical matter. While we can legitimately debate issues related to finances and politics, those that are grounded upon basic moral principles and family values are rooted in the laws of God. I am commencing this week with a parish campaign to promote support for a Marriage Amendment in Minnesota; I hope that you will be among those elected officials upon whom we can count for your efforts at the leadership level to protect traditional marriage in our state.
Sincerely, Father John Echert
Sadly, I received back the following response from his office, which is outright insulting (note the use of the title Mr.) and threatening, not to mention the fact that it fails to address the issue:
Mr. Echert,
I would like to respectfully remind you that the Internal Revenue Service frowns upon churches and religious organizations devoting time to influencing legislation. Your admission of the commencement of a politically involved "campaign" will probably violate several state and federal tax provisions.
Tyler
Representative Kriesel stands by this response and stated that he does not care if this exchange is made public in the parish. Folks, God help us if the day has come when the Church cannot speak out on moral issues. If staffer Tyler or Representative Kriesel has a mind to sic the IRS on me or our parishes here in South St. Paul, they better plan to take on the Archdiocese of St Paul, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the bishops of Minnesota and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, for that matter, for our united opposition to abortion and support for the protection of traditional marriage. In fact, on the same day that this email exchange occurred, one of our bishops was addressing the state legislature on this very issue.
PASTOR’S CORNER (continued) Next week I will publish the official text from the
Minnesota Catholic Conference in support of a Marriage Amendment. Meanwhile, if you would like to let Representative John Kriesel know your views on the issue of the protection of marriage and also let him know your opinion of his attitude towards Church activism on moral issues, you can email him at rep.john.kriesel@house.mn, call him at 651-297-9010, or send mail to 451 State Office Bldg, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155
I recommend that all correspondence sent to the Representative be respectful and charitable, as befitting all Christians.
Story from the CDL of Minnesota and Stella Borealis.
Also discussed at, American Papist.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Spiegel Editor Says Hans Küng is Narcissistic
"Two old, narcissistic sick old men"
The famous "Spiegel" editor and writer Matthias Matussek has leveled a sharp critique against Hans Küng and Heiner Geissler.
München (kath.net) The famous "Spiegel" editor and writer Matthias Matussek has leveled sharp criticisms against Hans Küng and Heiner Geissler. These are "two old, narcissistic sick men, who are holding out for a better Pope. In any case for an infallible one."
Matussek would like also that the Catholic Church returns to Tradition. Celibacy is the "strongest sign" for the "anti-civil shadow world". The "refusal of coitus" is today clearly the "last mortal sin in our oversexualized society". The author was also critical on the promotion of ordination for women. It is "that much energy is wasted, carrying reform papers into the sanctuary." "The Germans think it is too important", says Matussek, who praises Pope Benedict all the more, who has the "most difficult job which this world has" to give.
Book tip:
It might be coming out in English. Will check, but it's:
Das katholische Abenteuer: Eine Provokation. Ein SPIEGEL-Buch
Matthias Matussek
Gebundene Ausgabe: 368 Seiten
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The famous "Spiegel" editor and writer Matthias Matussek has leveled a sharp critique against Hans Küng and Heiner Geissler.
München (kath.net) The famous "Spiegel" editor and writer Matthias Matussek has leveled sharp criticisms against Hans Küng and Heiner Geissler. These are "two old, narcissistic sick men, who are holding out for a better Pope. In any case for an infallible one."
Matussek would like also that the Catholic Church returns to Tradition. Celibacy is the "strongest sign" for the "anti-civil shadow world". The "refusal of coitus" is today clearly the "last mortal sin in our oversexualized society". The author was also critical on the promotion of ordination for women. It is "that much energy is wasted, carrying reform papers into the sanctuary." "The Germans think it is too important", says Matussek, who praises Pope Benedict all the more, who has the "most difficult job which this world has" to give.
Book tip:
It might be coming out in English. Will check, but it's:
Das katholische Abenteuer: Eine Provokation. Ein SPIEGEL-Buch
Matthias Matussek
Gebundene Ausgabe: 368 Seiten
20,50 EURO
All books and media may be ordered directly through kath.net in collaboration with the Christlicher Media Trust [releaste in Austria and Germany] and the Raphael Mail order book store [in Switzerland]. Postage will be added.
For orders outside of Germany and Austria:
buch@kath.net
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Holy Father in Venice: True Love Defends the Truth
Vatican: Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in Mestre by Venice. 300.000 faithful and those eager to see him came to the event held in the open air. The Pope warned in his sermon of a hollowing out of the Faith. The Church must courageously defend the Faith and the unity of the Church. The Holy Father journeyed to Mestre and back to Venice via motorboat.
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Conservative Archibishop for Berlin
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| Left to Right: +Imkamp, Gloria Taxis u. Thurn, Msgr. Georg Gänswein |
Editor: +Impkamp is a conservative choice. Usually, if the local media doesn't like someone or something in Germany, it's a good thing. They're downplaying +Imkamp.
Rome Cements the Decline
Germany: In Berlin the rumors are increasingly circulating that the Pilgrimage director of Maria Vesperbild, Prelate Wilhelm Imkamp, will be the new Bishop of Berlin. The 'Berliner Zeitung' said this on Saturday. The Old Liberals are chalking this up to his "plain text Catholicism", explained the paper: It serves "as a conservative concept of the enemy for Old Liberal functionaries". At the same time the paper reported that the new Archbishop "was a long decided thing": "Also because of the upcoming Pope visit one wanted to be united -- like perhaps Archbishop Matthias Heinrich (56)". For one church expert, a man of the stature of Prelate Imkamp is "not opportune. Still not" -- says the 'Berliner Zeitung'.
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German Police Harass Priest
Friday morning at 9:30 they rang my door. by Sedevacantist Priest, Fr. Rolf Hermann Lingen.
[Kreuz] Last week two policemen in uniform with their squad cars came by looking for me.
They were sent by the court of Dorsten, in order to ask if I had received the court summons for the date of May 26th.
It was related to an alleged misuse of titles.
Threatened with Arrest Warrant
The summons was on April 15th as an "official notification" -- which means, with certified mail -- sent to me in my mailbox.
On 17th of April more people protested with faxes against the persecution of the Catholic Faith by the so-called District Court of Dorsten and the so-called Public Prosecutor's Office of Essen.
Thus this made it clear that this "summons to a court date with the issuance of an arrest warrant".
On April 28th I disseminated on the Internet and by fax a press release "court appointed attorney by reason of the difficulty of the case or legal situation".
I insisted that the main hearing of the absolute will to injustice -- concretely in the persecution of Christians and the destruction of the Church by the BRD -- will be made clear:
"The author asked for that reason as possible many volunteers, who could be witnesses in the trial and the world, that the BRD has oppressed here in the worst way the absolute indisputable human right for the avowal of the true religion.
Why is the Court asking me at all?
When I asked the police if the defendants are usually asked if they will appear to a court date, I received the answer, "No!"
Then came the key question: "Have you ever been a violent person?"
Naturally I'm not a thug and to that effect also have never been identified that way.
Objectively I have no previous convictions.
The both offenses attributed to me -- "abuse of title" or "libel" -- are groundless.
I understand that it is usually done for notorious lawbreakers or violent types to admonish them to appear at a court date.
But I am never advised as to my conflict with the law -- rather completely the opposite, only with the charge.
Otherwise: Is this expenditure for this procedure really justified because of an "abuse of title", really?
I would actually like to remind that I am a permanent fraud in the eyes of justice with limited chance for a reduction in criminal responsibility.
Would that the court really believe, neither would they require my appearance to the summons nor for anything it at all.
A demonstration of power
With that it's clear that the "question" of the local court is not on the grounds for information.
They appear to be conceived as a pure demonstration of power.
I see myself therefore strengthened in my conviction, that the BRD would shrink from no method, no matter how brutal, to damage the Church.
The BRD is a land where those who beat people unconscious and murder can run free.
At the same time they send there two uniformed policemen to ask a respectable Catholic priest after a post delivery instead of pursuing actual lawbreakers.
Here we could point out that the BRD has room for improvement.
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[Kreuz] Last week two policemen in uniform with their squad cars came by looking for me.
They were sent by the court of Dorsten, in order to ask if I had received the court summons for the date of May 26th.
It was related to an alleged misuse of titles.
Threatened with Arrest Warrant
The summons was on April 15th as an "official notification" -- which means, with certified mail -- sent to me in my mailbox.
On 17th of April more people protested with faxes against the persecution of the Catholic Faith by the so-called District Court of Dorsten and the so-called Public Prosecutor's Office of Essen.
Thus this made it clear that this "summons to a court date with the issuance of an arrest warrant".
On April 28th I disseminated on the Internet and by fax a press release "court appointed attorney by reason of the difficulty of the case or legal situation".
I insisted that the main hearing of the absolute will to injustice -- concretely in the persecution of Christians and the destruction of the Church by the BRD -- will be made clear:
"The author asked for that reason as possible many volunteers, who could be witnesses in the trial and the world, that the BRD has oppressed here in the worst way the absolute indisputable human right for the avowal of the true religion.
Why is the Court asking me at all?
When I asked the police if the defendants are usually asked if they will appear to a court date, I received the answer, "No!"
Then came the key question: "Have you ever been a violent person?"
Naturally I'm not a thug and to that effect also have never been identified that way.
Objectively I have no previous convictions.
The both offenses attributed to me -- "abuse of title" or "libel" -- are groundless.
I understand that it is usually done for notorious lawbreakers or violent types to admonish them to appear at a court date.
But I am never advised as to my conflict with the law -- rather completely the opposite, only with the charge.
Otherwise: Is this expenditure for this procedure really justified because of an "abuse of title", really?
I would actually like to remind that I am a permanent fraud in the eyes of justice with limited chance for a reduction in criminal responsibility.
Would that the court really believe, neither would they require my appearance to the summons nor for anything it at all.
A demonstration of power
With that it's clear that the "question" of the local court is not on the grounds for information.
They appear to be conceived as a pure demonstration of power.
I see myself therefore strengthened in my conviction, that the BRD would shrink from no method, no matter how brutal, to damage the Church.
The BRD is a land where those who beat people unconscious and murder can run free.
At the same time they send there two uniformed policemen to ask a respectable Catholic priest after a post delivery instead of pursuing actual lawbreakers.
Here we could point out that the BRD has room for improvement.
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Some News Coverage of David Berger in the Wake of His Dismissal
Now he lies again: "I never once attacked the Church."
Now the homosexual David Berger will enjoy a place in the daily Socialist Media with a place between the cadaver of Osama and the palaver of Obama. Here are some howlers from the Socialist media.
The notorious liar David Berger
"Berger, says the dpa, that his dismissal is owign to pressure from the extreme conservative forces, who had sponsored petitions and even encouraged the death penalty for homosexuals. "That shocked me the most." He identified, among others, the internet sites 'kreuz.net' [yay] and 'kath.net'. 'Kreuz.net' commented on the revocation of the teaching license with the sentence: "Now the homo has what he wants." Berger challenged the notion in his dpa interview that he had attacked the Catholic Church as such."
From an article in the Berlin newspaper 'Tagesspiegel'
Still more homosexual lies
"Berger has the corresponding opportunity of specificity in Canon Law of response, and not to address his comments instead to the media. In contradiction, the theologian said to 'Frankfurter Rundschau', that [Cardinal] Meisner had given him no opportunity, to address the charges made against him. The paper reported, [Cardinal] Meisner used the concepts "homosexuality" or "gay" in none of the parts of his decree."
From an article on the website 'heute.de'
In any other Company, he'd be let go
"'It is the common impression", said Meisners speaker Christoph Heckley. 'With any other employer that would lead to consequences. That's like a bank teller publicly saying: 'I'm not so good at calculating, and with settling an account, I'm not always accurate.'"
From an article in 'focus.de'
A 'Spiegel' - Lie
"A year ago it was rumored in conservative circles that Berger is homosexual."
From an article in 'spiegel.de'. The Portal 'kreuz.net' had already identified Berger as a sodomite in May of Mai 2007,
'We are Underwear' piped up
"The Movement 'We Are Church' sharply criticized Meisner's decision. This is a sad sign of our unholy and increasingly evident homophobia within the Roman Catholic Church, said a statement. In place of this the Church sexuality should offer life giving power even for homosexual people and also accept them within the Church."
From an article by information service 'dapd'
The Socialist Imperium Strikes Back
"'I knew the tribal factionalism, and for that reason this decision came from Cologne as a complete surprise', said the liberal pastor Winfried Jansen: 'In any case no one has any problems with Berger in Erfstadt. But after the publication of his book, where the criticism of the official Church was clear, that something had to happen. The Imperium strikes back now.'"
From an online-article in the daily news 'Kölner Stadtanzeiger.'
Now the homosexual David Berger will enjoy a place in the daily Socialist Media with a place between the cadaver of Osama and the palaver of Obama. Here are some howlers from the Socialist media.
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| David Berger on his earlier homepage |
The notorious liar David Berger
"Berger, says the dpa, that his dismissal is owign to pressure from the extreme conservative forces, who had sponsored petitions and even encouraged the death penalty for homosexuals. "That shocked me the most." He identified, among others, the internet sites 'kreuz.net' [yay] and 'kath.net'. 'Kreuz.net' commented on the revocation of the teaching license with the sentence: "Now the homo has what he wants." Berger challenged the notion in his dpa interview that he had attacked the Catholic Church as such."
From an article in the Berlin newspaper 'Tagesspiegel'
Still more homosexual lies
"Berger has the corresponding opportunity of specificity in Canon Law of response, and not to address his comments instead to the media. In contradiction, the theologian said to 'Frankfurter Rundschau', that [Cardinal] Meisner had given him no opportunity, to address the charges made against him. The paper reported, [Cardinal] Meisner used the concepts "homosexuality" or "gay" in none of the parts of his decree."
From an article on the website 'heute.de'
David Berger accused the Pope of being a Sodomite:
"When you talk privately with theologians, they will all tell you that: naturally, Ratzinger is homosexually inclined. He comes from an ecclesiastically stamped culture, in which that is an absolute taboo. What he hates in himself, he projects on others and fights against it."
In any other Company, he'd be let go
"'It is the common impression", said Meisners speaker Christoph Heckley. 'With any other employer that would lead to consequences. That's like a bank teller publicly saying: 'I'm not so good at calculating, and with settling an account, I'm not always accurate.'"
From an article in 'focus.de'
A 'Spiegel' - Lie
"A year ago it was rumored in conservative circles that Berger is homosexual."
From an article in 'spiegel.de'. The Portal 'kreuz.net' had already identified Berger as a sodomite in May of Mai 2007,
'We are Underwear' piped up
"The Movement 'We Are Church' sharply criticized Meisner's decision. This is a sad sign of our unholy and increasingly evident homophobia within the Roman Catholic Church, said a statement. In place of this the Church sexuality should offer life giving power even for homosexual people and also accept them within the Church."
From an article by information service 'dapd'
The Socialist Imperium Strikes Back
"'I knew the tribal factionalism, and for that reason this decision came from Cologne as a complete surprise', said the liberal pastor Winfried Jansen: 'In any case no one has any problems with Berger in Erfstadt. But after the publication of his book, where the criticism of the official Church was clear, that something had to happen. The Imperium strikes back now.'"
From an online-article in the daily news 'Kölner Stadtanzeiger.'
Saturday, May 7, 2011
The Continuing Saga of the Dom Bosco Verein in Saarland
Editor: Petty rules shouldn't be able to stop or hinder real education from going on in modernist Germnany, but it does.
May 6, 2011
The "Don Bosco School Association" has filed a lawsuit against the Saarland ministry for social affairs. The reason: The ministry's office of youth affairs has still not responded to the association's petition to reopen its "Heart of Jesus School", that was shut down in August, 2010. The association, which is controlled by the FSSPX, lost its permit to run the school last year because more than 25 children were being boarded although the permit only allowed for 8 boarding pupils. In an preliminary decision last August, an appeals court ruled for the office of youth affairs, finding that the closing of the school was lawful and that the school association had proved itself untrustworthy by violating the permit conditions.
Nevertheless, says the school association, the decision of the court also made clear that nothing stood in the way of a renewed issuance of the permit, as long as the association was able to prove that the infrastructure was in place to run the school in compliance with regulations. And the association has now been able to prove this for some time. A statement of the association declared: "In spite our efforts to work together constructively; in spite of the newly constructed dormitory and reorganized management", the office for youth affairs refuses to process the new permit application. Thus, six months after initiating the application, the association finds itself forced to file a lawsuit.
A speaker for the ministry of social affairs yesterday justified its silence by the lack of a final decision in the original case. As long as no final decision has been issued by the court, the school association must still be considered untrustworthy. The school association, for its part, now would like to convince the public of its integrity and thus invites everyone to view the new dormitory rooms. An open house with refreshments is planned for tomorrow, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
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http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/Saarbruecken-Don-Bosco-Schulverein-Klage-Ministerium-Internat-Fechingen;art27856,3750665
Related, German Chicanery against Catholics,
Saarland in Germany Closes Two Schools
May 6, 2011
The "Don Bosco School Association" has filed a lawsuit against the Saarland ministry for social affairs. The reason: The ministry's office of youth affairs has still not responded to the association's petition to reopen its "Heart of Jesus School", that was shut down in August, 2010. The association, which is controlled by the FSSPX, lost its permit to run the school last year because more than 25 children were being boarded although the permit only allowed for 8 boarding pupils. In an preliminary decision last August, an appeals court ruled for the office of youth affairs, finding that the closing of the school was lawful and that the school association had proved itself untrustworthy by violating the permit conditions.
Nevertheless, says the school association, the decision of the court also made clear that nothing stood in the way of a renewed issuance of the permit, as long as the association was able to prove that the infrastructure was in place to run the school in compliance with regulations. And the association has now been able to prove this for some time. A statement of the association declared: "In spite our efforts to work together constructively; in spite of the newly constructed dormitory and reorganized management", the office for youth affairs refuses to process the new permit application. Thus, six months after initiating the application, the association finds itself forced to file a lawsuit.
A speaker for the ministry of social affairs yesterday justified its silence by the lack of a final decision in the original case. As long as no final decision has been issued by the court, the school association must still be considered untrustworthy. The school association, for its part, now would like to convince the public of its integrity and thus invites everyone to view the new dormitory rooms. An open house with refreshments is planned for tomorrow, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
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Original link:
http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/Saarbruecken-Don-Bosco-Schulverein-Klage-Ministerium-Internat-Fechingen;art27856,3750665
Related, German Chicanery against Catholics,
Saarland in Germany Closes Two Schools
Friday, May 6, 2011
Martyr Cardinal, Aloyisius Stepanic
Editor: Here is a man who bore the indignities and torments of the Passion. He was beatified by John Paul II on October 3, 1998. In honor of his birthday which is May 8, the feast of St. Victor Maurus, we present a piece written in 1947, defending this great man against his Communist persecutors. We personally recall a University professor who taught at a Midwestern College who lamented the Beatification of this great Saint, repeating the vicious calumnies against the Cardinal repeated by his Communist hosts in Tito's Yugoslavia during the sixties. We hope that we can do a small part in making reparation for that by this small work. Our age needs more heroes like him. Maybe you can help Our Lord carry his Cross?
THE PRISONER: Martyr Bishop
by Richard Grinder
This is No. 10
in Pamphlet Series on Communism
published by the Catholic Information Society
a.D. 1947
Aloysius Stepanic [Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 –10 February 1960] is a Croatian peasant, Archbishop of Zagreb and spiritual chief of all Catholics in his native land.
In October, 1946, he was condemned by Joseph Tito, communist dictator of Yugoslavia, to sixteen years of forced labor, on the score of political activity against the State. At this writing he is still in prison, despite the pleas and protests of millions, literally, of those who know him not as a politician but as a saintly humanitarian, the indomitable palladium of all that is best in Croatian culture.
Stepanic fought as a youth in the Austrian-Hungarian Army. He was twice decorated by his government for valor on the Italian front. As a Second Lieutenant on the Salonika Front, he was awarded the highest Yugoslav military decoration.
Read further, here.
THE PRISONER: Martyr Bishop
by Richard Grinder
This is No. 10
in Pamphlet Series on Communism
published by the Catholic Information Society
a.D. 1947
Aloysius Stepanic [Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 –10 February 1960] is a Croatian peasant, Archbishop of Zagreb and spiritual chief of all Catholics in his native land.
In October, 1946, he was condemned by Joseph Tito, communist dictator of Yugoslavia, to sixteen years of forced labor, on the score of political activity against the State. At this writing he is still in prison, despite the pleas and protests of millions, literally, of those who know him not as a politician but as a saintly humanitarian, the indomitable palladium of all that is best in Croatian culture.
Stepanic fought as a youth in the Austrian-Hungarian Army. He was twice decorated by his government for valor on the Italian front. As a Second Lieutenant on the Salonika Front, he was awarded the highest Yugoslav military decoration.
Read further, here.
"Brown Dwarf" Threatens Earth -- NASA
Editor: Do Penance. Prepare for your death for it is always near.
Dr. Mark Sircus – Activist Post
“I found out that a large celestial body has already penetrated the solar system and is on course for a near and possibly horrific encounter with the earth in the fall of 2011. ”
This is going to be the most extraordinary communication so fasten your seatbelts; we are in for a rough ride. I have known in my heart for months that I would have to make a communication like this but had no idea it would be this soon. Back in January, while investigating the underground city that is alleged to have been built under the new Denver Airport, reported on by the former governor Jesse Ventura, I put the puzzle together and came to the conclusion that a planetary event was in store for us in 2012.
Today I am presenting rock solid information; it does not get any better when NASA is your source. What you are about to read and see is happening. Last night, looking at a NASA mathematical model of comet Elenin, I found out that a large celestial body has already penetrated the solar system and is on course for a near and possibly horrific encounter with the earth in the fall of 2011. What we do not know is the size and mass of comet Elenin though I have no doubt that it is known by the authorities.
Dr. Mark Sircus – Activist Post
“I found out that a large celestial body has already penetrated the solar system and is on course for a near and possibly horrific encounter with the earth in the fall of 2011. ”
The gravitational pull would grab the water and pull it over the land on a massive scale, much like the moon does today on a smaller scale in the form of tides.
Today I am presenting rock solid information; it does not get any better when NASA is your source. What you are about to read and see is happening. Last night, looking at a NASA mathematical model of comet Elenin, I found out that a large celestial body has already penetrated the solar system and is on course for a near and possibly horrific encounter with the earth in the fall of 2011. What we do not know is the size and mass of comet Elenin though I have no doubt that it is known by the authorities.
Crush the Society of Pius -- Abort from Germany
Editor: Previously last week, the Society of Saint Pius X organized a substantial demonstration at the abortion clinic run by the Nazi-founded abortion provider ironically named 'pro familia'. Apparently, this angered some of the local leftist hooligans who decided to vandalize the chapel there.
Why are the leftists all so eager for violence? Rather than explaining the left position with arguments, why not do it with a black eye instead?
(kreuz.net) The anonymous and anti-Constitutional website 'linksunten.dndymedia.org' made this known yesterday:
"Early today we covered the chapel 'Saint Antonius of Padua' belonging to the clerical-fascist Society of Pius in Betzenhausen with pink and purple paint."
Betzenhausen is a part of the city of Freiburg.
The aforementioned website is driven by church-, people- and socially contemptible political criminals.
The Society of St. Pius X is by far the most famous Catholic organization in Germany.
The political criminals justified their crime like this: "In the Society of Pius they unite Catholic fundamentalism with populist-nationalist Ideology".
That's actually, partially, correct.
Because the Society is on a solid Catholic foundation.
It is in any case not bound to any "populist-nationalist Ideology", rather it is internationally oriented.
The founder of the Society, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre († 1991), was not a German People's Party member and spent the largest amount of his life in Africa.
His father was MURDERED in a Socialist concentration camp.
The reason for the damage to the Church is based in that representatives of the Society in Freiburg are against the violence of abortion and marched for the right to life of every person.
Socialists Defend National Socialists
It is sufficent to say that the leftist strikers were throwing themselves in the breach, because they are in favor of the abortion firm 'pro familia'.
This was founded and directed for many years after the Second World War by the Old-Nazi Hans Harmsen († 1989)
The Socialists downplayed the organization's Nazi background as "an information center for sexual self-determination".
The prayers and songs of the Society of St. Pius appeared to them as "anachronistic and laughable".
Because: "What they attribute to God, is for others the >>Volksgemeinschaft [racial community with Nazi implications]<< or place of Germany".
Monstrously the damage which has happened to the church, since it happened thereto, is being handled, therefore, as a part of German normalcy, that would deal with politics as a trivial offense.
The article ended with the exclamation: "Piusbruderschaft zerschlagen. Deutschland abreiben." [Beat the Priestly Society. Abort them from Germany.]
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| The Catholic Mass Celebrated in Freiburg-Adelhausen |
Why are the leftists all so eager for violence? Rather than explaining the left position with arguments, why not do it with a black eye instead?
(kreuz.net) The anonymous and anti-Constitutional website 'linksunten.dndymedia.org' made this known yesterday:
"Early today we covered the chapel 'Saint Antonius of Padua' belonging to the clerical-fascist Society of Pius in Betzenhausen with pink and purple paint."
Betzenhausen is a part of the city of Freiburg.
The aforementioned website is driven by church-, people- and socially contemptible political criminals.
The Society of St. Pius X is by far the most famous Catholic organization in Germany.
The political criminals justified their crime like this: "In the Society of Pius they unite Catholic fundamentalism with populist-nationalist Ideology".
That's actually, partially, correct.
Because the Society is on a solid Catholic foundation.
It is in any case not bound to any "populist-nationalist Ideology", rather it is internationally oriented.
The founder of the Society, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre († 1991), was not a German People's Party member and spent the largest amount of his life in Africa.
His father was MURDERED in a Socialist concentration camp.
The reason for the damage to the Church is based in that representatives of the Society in Freiburg are against the violence of abortion and marched for the right to life of every person.
Socialists Defend National Socialists
It is sufficent to say that the leftist strikers were throwing themselves in the breach, because they are in favor of the abortion firm 'pro familia'.
This was founded and directed for many years after the Second World War by the Old-Nazi Hans Harmsen († 1989)
The Socialists downplayed the organization's Nazi background as "an information center for sexual self-determination".
The prayers and songs of the Society of St. Pius appeared to them as "anachronistic and laughable".
Because: "What they attribute to God, is for others the >>Volksgemeinschaft [racial community with Nazi implications]<< or place of Germany".
Monstrously the damage which has happened to the church, since it happened thereto, is being handled, therefore, as a part of German normalcy, that would deal with politics as a trivial offense.
The article ended with the exclamation: "Piusbruderschaft zerschlagen. Deutschland abreiben." [Beat the Priestly Society. Abort them from Germany.]
Holy Father: No Opposition Between Tradition and Progress in the Liturgy
Editor: Pope Benedict is addressing one of the chief sources of Liturgical abuses in the Church today, the Benedictines of Sant'Anselmo. He seems to make a backhand swipe at Dom Beauduin, perhaps. New Liturgical Movement got an Italian translation which describes Benedict's critique in terms of going "beyond" the Council. [About which Rorate Caeli was more circumspect, and Vatican Radio didn't touch on any of this at all.]Basically, this is more reform of the reform talk to Old Liberals who will do their best to ignore the Holy Father's admonitions and prescriptions. That doesn't appear in the following essay by theologian Armin Schibach, but there it is:
'sana traditio' and 'legitima progressio': The program of reform of the Council Fathers. Back in the future on the way to "Sacrosanctum Concilium'. The river of Tradition. by Armin Schibbach
Rome (kath.net/as) In the area of Liturgy, Tradition and progress are not put together in "an "awkward manner" one against the other. Actually, both enrich each other: Tradition contains in itself the principle of development and is always a living reality: "The river of Tradition always flows from its source as it strives toward its mouth". With these words Pope Benedict addressed today's Friday lecture, taking part in the event, organized for the the Papal Liturgical Institute 'Sant'Anselmo', on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of its founding.
Benedict XVI next addressed the reason for the memorial, which lead to the founding of the Liturgical Institute. In this, it was the wish of Pope John XXIII to take up the Liturgical Movement [Editor: Its Revolutionary character, founded primarily in illicit and therefore sinful liturgical abuses don't get mentioned in talks like this.], whose aim was to give a new impetus to the prayer of the Church, shortly before the Vatican Council, by forming the Liturgical Institute at the Benedictine University at the Aventine. The Pope was to have a firm basis for the Liturgical Reform of the Council in this way.
On the eve of the Council, continued Benedict XVI, the need for the reform of the Liturgy made itself ever more certain. The pastoral necessity, which the Liturgical Movement ensouled, made it requisite that the active participation of the faithful in the Liturgical Celebration would be encouraged by the use of the vernacular and that the adaptation of the rites deepening the various cultures.
Similarly, there has been a necessity present from the beginning, to study the depths of the Liturgical foundation, "in order to avoid falling into Ritualism or to validate the subjectivism and protagonism of the celebrant." The reform should find itself centered in the area of the offering of the divine Sacrifice and its justification in the Tradition of the Church.
Proceeding with the theme of the Congress (The Papal Liturgical Institute between Commemoration and Prophesy") the Pope stressed that the reason for the institute is "Commemoration". The Institute has accomplished its task toward the reception of the IInd Vatican Council. For that reason it has become possible to help the holy people of God, "to live the liturgy as an expression of a praying people, as Christ's presence in the midst of the people and as constitute an actuality of salvation history".
The Constitution of the Holy Liturgy "Sacrosanctum Concilium" poses the twofold theological and ecclesiological character of the Liturgy: "The celebration simultaneously makes real an Epiphany of the Lord and an Epiphany of the Church, two dimensions, which is bound to the reality the Liturgical assembly". In the Liturgy of the Church "gives the active presence of Christ: What he brought into fruition during His stay among the people, whose focus formed in the Eucharist is made real."
The Liturgy of the Church "goes out from the 'Conciliar Reform'", says Benedict XVI. Its goal is not, above all, to change the rites and texts, but it is much more to renew the mentality and put the Christian life and the pastoral care of the celebration of the Pascal Mystery of Christ at its center.
"Unfortunately the Liturgy would-- even among us shepherds and experts -- be seen as an object, that it was necessary to reform, and not as a Subject, that is capable of renewing the Christian life, where there was a very narrow band between the renewal of the Liturgy and the renewal of the whole life of the Church: the Church draws its power to live from the Liturgy." In that point, he recalled Pope John Paul in his Apostolic writing "Vinesimus quintus annus" (4. Dezember 1988)on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Constitution of "Sancrosanctum Concilium".
The Liturgy is "the highpoint, to which the action of the Church reaches and is the source from which all of her virtues proceed", said Benedict XVI. So She becomes the great tutor of the primacy of the Faith and of Grace. The Liturgy is the "privileged witness of the living Tradition of the Church", in truth Her fundamental mission, in the "Today" of human affairs the "opus Redemptionis" between the apparent and the existent. For that reason the Liturgy lives "of a correct and standing relation between 'sana traditio' and 'legitima progressio'" (compare. Sancrosanctum Concilium, Nr. 23).
With these two concepts the Council Fathers desired to lay out their "program of reform", "to put the same weight on the great liturgical Tradition of the past with that of the future".
'sana traditio' and 'legitima progressio': The program of reform of the Council Fathers. Back in the future on the way to "Sacrosanctum Concilium'. The river of Tradition. by Armin Schibbach
Rome (kath.net/as) In the area of Liturgy, Tradition and progress are not put together in "an "awkward manner" one against the other. Actually, both enrich each other: Tradition contains in itself the principle of development and is always a living reality: "The river of Tradition always flows from its source as it strives toward its mouth". With these words Pope Benedict addressed today's Friday lecture, taking part in the event, organized for the the Papal Liturgical Institute 'Sant'Anselmo', on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of its founding.
Benedict XVI next addressed the reason for the memorial, which lead to the founding of the Liturgical Institute. In this, it was the wish of Pope John XXIII to take up the Liturgical Movement [Editor: Its Revolutionary character, founded primarily in illicit and therefore sinful liturgical abuses don't get mentioned in talks like this.], whose aim was to give a new impetus to the prayer of the Church, shortly before the Vatican Council, by forming the Liturgical Institute at the Benedictine University at the Aventine. The Pope was to have a firm basis for the Liturgical Reform of the Council in this way.
On the eve of the Council, continued Benedict XVI, the need for the reform of the Liturgy made itself ever more certain. The pastoral necessity, which the Liturgical Movement ensouled, made it requisite that the active participation of the faithful in the Liturgical Celebration would be encouraged by the use of the vernacular and that the adaptation of the rites deepening the various cultures.
Similarly, there has been a necessity present from the beginning, to study the depths of the Liturgical foundation, "in order to avoid falling into Ritualism or to validate the subjectivism and protagonism of the celebrant." The reform should find itself centered in the area of the offering of the divine Sacrifice and its justification in the Tradition of the Church.
Proceeding with the theme of the Congress (The Papal Liturgical Institute between Commemoration and Prophesy") the Pope stressed that the reason for the institute is "Commemoration". The Institute has accomplished its task toward the reception of the IInd Vatican Council. For that reason it has become possible to help the holy people of God, "to live the liturgy as an expression of a praying people, as Christ's presence in the midst of the people and as constitute an actuality of salvation history".
The Constitution of the Holy Liturgy "Sacrosanctum Concilium" poses the twofold theological and ecclesiological character of the Liturgy: "The celebration simultaneously makes real an Epiphany of the Lord and an Epiphany of the Church, two dimensions, which is bound to the reality the Liturgical assembly". In the Liturgy of the Church "gives the active presence of Christ: What he brought into fruition during His stay among the people, whose focus formed in the Eucharist is made real."
The Liturgy of the Church "goes out from the 'Conciliar Reform'", says Benedict XVI. Its goal is not, above all, to change the rites and texts, but it is much more to renew the mentality and put the Christian life and the pastoral care of the celebration of the Pascal Mystery of Christ at its center.
"Unfortunately the Liturgy would-- even among us shepherds and experts -- be seen as an object, that it was necessary to reform, and not as a Subject, that is capable of renewing the Christian life, where there was a very narrow band between the renewal of the Liturgy and the renewal of the whole life of the Church: the Church draws its power to live from the Liturgy." In that point, he recalled Pope John Paul in his Apostolic writing "Vinesimus quintus annus" (4. Dezember 1988)on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Constitution of "Sancrosanctum Concilium".
The Liturgy is "the highpoint, to which the action of the Church reaches and is the source from which all of her virtues proceed", said Benedict XVI. So She becomes the great tutor of the primacy of the Faith and of Grace. The Liturgy is the "privileged witness of the living Tradition of the Church", in truth Her fundamental mission, in the "Today" of human affairs the "opus Redemptionis" between the apparent and the existent. For that reason the Liturgy lives "of a correct and standing relation between 'sana traditio' and 'legitima progressio'" (compare. Sancrosanctum Concilium, Nr. 23).
With these two concepts the Council Fathers desired to lay out their "program of reform", "to put the same weight on the great liturgical Tradition of the past with that of the future".
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Cardinal Burke's latest interview dealing with Summorum Pontificum
Editor: Heads up to the Bishops. You can't expect obedience on the part of your laity if you're unwilling to be obedient yourselves.
In its application, I have ascertained an always increasing interest and appreciation for the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, for the faithful in general and for young Catholics in particular. Excellent initiatives have taken place in order to promote acquaintance with the motu proprio and its objective, foreseen by the Holy Father when he promulgated it. I think of numerous individual talks as well as conferences on sacred liturgy, which have granted particular attention to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite and to its relationship with the ordinary form. Additionally, several books and articles have been published, having as their aim a deep study of the motu proprio.by Pete Frey on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 12:00pm
It is evident that the application of Summorum Pontificum has not taken place in a uniform fashion in the Church universal. In some places, its application has even faced resistence by the part of those who claim not to understand its goals and who defend that the motu proprio cannot be applied before the publication of the Instruction related to its application. I hope that the Instruction will be published shortly, so that the motu proprio may be applied in a more universal and more uniform way, according to the profound pastoral solicitude of our Holy Father for the sacred liturgy. To those who claim not to understand the intentions of Summorum Pontificum, I suggest a re-reading of the Letter to the Bishops, written by our Holy Father when it was promulgated, as well as the numerous writings of the Holy Father on sacred liturgy, published before and after his election to the Chair of Peter. I think, for instance, of his masterpiece: The Spirit of the Liturgy.
As far as I am concerned, the application of the motu proprio has allowed me to greatly develop and deepen my knowledge and love for the sacred liturgy, the highest expression of the faith and of the life of the Church. By re-reading the apostolic letter itself, as well as the accompanying Letter to Bishops of the Pope, I see how the Holy Father was inspired when grating to the universal Church this new liturgical discipline. I have myself been a personal witness to the good fruits of this new discipline
Papal Knight to Speak at Saint Benedict Center Conference
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[Saint Benedict Center] The Saint Benedict Center, administered by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will hold its fifteenth annual conference on October 7-8, 2011. The conference will be held on the monastery grounds in Richmond, New Hampshire. Call 603-239-6485, email bam@catholicism.org, or visit cat.catholicism.org for registration information.
The theme of this year’s conference will be Right and Freedom: Catholic Considerations on Misused Concepts. Included in the list of speakers is author, papal historian, and lecturer, Charles A. Coulombe, K.C.S.S. By order of Pope John Paul II, Mr. Coulombe was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester for his services rendered to the Holy See. Author of the chart-climbing The Pope's Legion, and Puritan’s Empire: A Catholic Perspective on American History, Coulombe is recognized internationally for his in-depth knowledge of Vatican politics and the influence of Catholicism in America and Europe. His audiences regularly range from graduate students at Oxford University, England to the New Mexico Military Institute, from which he graduated. His international articles have appeared in the New Oxford Review, National Catholic Register, American Thinker, Los Angeles Catholic Mission, Monarchy Canada, and The Irish Democrat.
The list of speakers also includes retired U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer Dr. Robert Hickson, a former professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Defense Intelligence College, and former Chairman of the Literature and Latin Department at Christendom College. Joining Dr. Hickson will be the celebrated Catholic writer and chronicler of the traditionalist movement in the Church, Gary Potter, the founding editor of Triumph magazine and the author of After the Boston Heresy Case.
Other speakers include Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., Prior of the Saint Benedict Center since 2002, and lecturer in the fields of apologetics, ecclesiology, church history and devotional practices; Boston’s veteran culture warrior and noted defender of the Faith, C.J. Doyle, Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts; and noted Catholic psychotherapist and lecturer, G.C. Dilsaver, PsyD, MTS, author of Imago Dei Psychotherapy: A Catholic Conceptualization and The Three Marks of Manhood: How to Be Priest, Prophet and King of Your Family.
Brother André Marie made the following comment: “This year, our conference will explore two very maltreated concepts, both of which are necessary for an orderly natural society, and both of which are elevated by God in the real life, the life of grace, which we live in God’s true Church. In these days when increasing governmental hubris both asserts non-extant 'rights,' (e.g., 'gay marriage') and denies fundamental human freedom (e.g., abortion), Catholics must recover and safeguard the proper notions of right and freedom. As usual, our fine panel of speakers will treat their subject in a way that is both illuminating and motivating, informative and practical. They will show how the solutions to the ills of society, the family, and the individual soul are to be found in Catholic tradition.”
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered according to the traditional Roman Rite (“Extraordinary Form”) during the conference, as it always is offered at Saint Benedict Center.
Marquette Administration Shuts Down Novus Ordo "Latin" Mass
Editor: The Jesuits hate the Mass of All Ages and the fruits it produces so much that they'll even shut down a Mass that just looks like it.
Recommendation: since you don't need the approval of an Ordinary, just go ahead and use the 1962 Missal.
Here's the report from Marquette Warrior:
H/t to Badger Catholic.
Recommendation: since you don't need the approval of an Ordinary, just go ahead and use the 1962 Missal.
Here's the report from Marquette Warrior:
We have heard for several days that the French Honor Society would be sponsoring a mass tomorrow night. It would be the “Latin Mass” we were told, but with parts in French.
It was to be led by Rev. Canon Olivier Meney, who is the “go to” guy for the Latin Mass in southeastern Wisconsin.
Indeed, just a few minutes ago we got the flyer for the event.
But now it has been cancelled. We confirmed that with Rev. Meney’s secretary, and with Emily Schumacher-Novak in Campus Ministry.
H/t to Badger Catholic.
Archbishop Gomez Snubs Communist Mayday Parade
“Members of a socialist or communist group”
Archbishop Gomez forgoes appearance at annual May Day rally in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez snubbed the leftist organizers of the annual May Day Rally in Los Angeles this year and did not attend – unlike his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, who always went out of his way to participate.
“Only a few thousand people showed up for the nine-block march that started early and ended quickly,” the Los Angeles Times reported. “Los Angeles police declined to issue a crowd estimate, but marchers didn't even fill the intersection of Broadway and 1st Street, where the demonstration ended.” Most of the marchers, said the Times “were union members -- particularly from the Service Employees International Union, which turned out hundreds of people -- or members of a socialist or communist group.”
That compares to a crowd estimate of 60,000 at last year’s march, from which pro-abortion, pro-same-sex marriage Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tweeted, “At the May Day rally downtown with Cardinal Roger Mahony and 100k other supporters of comprehensive immigration reform.”
Cardinal Mahony even wrote about last year’s event in a May 2, 2010 entry on his blog: “Downtown Los Angeles became a sea of joyous and hopeful people on May Day this year. In a stunning turnout of people of all backgrounds, ages, and affiliations Broadway Street from Temple to Olympic resounded with song, chants, and spirited encouragement for all immigrants in our country.”
Newspapers featured photos of Cardinal Mahony, smiling as he worked his way through last year’s crowds.
According to an account published on the website of a group calling itself Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), participants in this year’s rally included, among others, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, the Multi-ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and “LGBT rights organizations.”
Among those interviewed for the Times story on this year’s rally was Carlos Escorcia, “a member of the Nicaraguan socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front.”
In the past, the LA archdiocesan Office of Justice and Peace had been instrumental in promoting a "Catholic" presence at the event. This year, the Office of Peace and Justice included mention of the May Day rally in an April 28 “News Blast.”
“On May 1, hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers and supporters will march in cities across the country for immigrant workers' rights,” said the item, published on the archdiocesan website. “In L.A., we will march for comprehensive immigration reform, and against racist and anti-immigrant state laws like in Arizona and Georgia. Join the L.A. Labor contingent on May 1. March side-by-side with our sisters and brothers: hotel workers, port truck drivers, carwasheros, sanitation workers, homecare workers, students, and all immigrant workers who need federal immigration reform now. Bring your union banners, signs and flags.”
Taken from CDL of MN by Stella Borealis.
There's also an article by the California Catholic Daily.
Turkish Government Aims to Destroy Oldest Monastery in the World
Today there is a continuing legal process in effect, while the the over 1,600 year old Monastery fights for its bare survival. by Marianne Bruckl.
(kreuz.net) On 26th of January 2011 the systematic dispossession of a Syrian-Orthodox Monastery -- built in the year 397 -- Mor Gabriel in Tur Abdin in south east Turkey began
Today the courts in Ankara gave the national treasury of the district town of Midyat and the Turkish forestry office a significant portion of the Monastery property.
Will the bell of Mor Gabriel be silenced forever? The hope of the Monks is dwindling.
First on the 26th of January the decision of the Supreme Court in Ankara hit like the crack of a whip.
24 Hectares of the Cloister propety would fall in the judgement for the national treasury of the district town Midyat -- irrespective of the documents which proved the Monasteries claims of ownership.
The Second Blow
On the 20th of February the highest court in Ankara struck the Monastery with a second blow.
A further 27.6 Hectares of land within and outside of the Monastery wall were given to the office of forestry in Midyat.
A judgment which is a further consequence of an unfair legal process which is aimed on the state confiscation of the Christian heritage and dechristianization.
The Third Blow
The occupants fear the worst, that there will be still further cases filed against them.
So, Kuryakos Ergün -- who is the president of the Monastery foundation of Mor Gabriel -- must appear in front of the court yet again.
The complaint reads that the Monastery wall is not up to code and is built on state owned forest.
The question at present is the judgement of the highest court in Ankara for the destruction of the defensive wall.
One fears that Ergün will be punished.
The Deadly Blow
Despite the protests of European politicians, church respresentatives and human rights organizations against the arbitrariness of the process, Turkey remains intransigent.
The court decision of February 20th entitled the State to the outline of the Monastery wall.
It makes it clear that Turkey wants to drive the old established Christians out of the country.
Without a protective wall, the fruit and vegetable gardens carefully cultivated by the Monastery will be destroyed by herds of cattle which come from the surrounding Kurdish villages.
The surrender of the almost 1700 year old Monastery is an inevitability.
Thus the way would be clear for the Turks to assume one of the last witnesses of Christianity before the Islam.
They established themselves in Anatolia only in 622.
At the same time Turkey wants into the EU
Mor Gabriel is for the Christians in Southeast Anatolia a religious refuge, which up until now has drawn the faithful and tourists from all over the world.
If the Monastery is lost, then it is forseeable that the remaining Christians, who are about 2,500 - 3,000 Assyrians will also soon lose their homeland.
What is so strange is that the Turkish Premier Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was attempting to promote and strengthen the efforts of Turkey to enter the European Union.
He himself felt discriminated against in this instance -- he claims.
Erdogan criticized that it is against International Law to disallow Turks living in Germany of their national culture.
Actually these efforts, which have taken place in Germany, must also extend to protect Christians in Turkey.
If he attempts to prevent the dispossession of the Monastery of More Gabriel he could show, that his intentions are sincere.
He must protect the freedom of Christians in Turkey, to allow Aramaic language instruction and Christian religious instruction and allow priests to be educated.
Whoever seeks the recognition of human rights abroad, must promote them in his own land as well.
Because the protection of the rights of minorities, civil liberties and religious freedom is not a one way street.
It is a duty for everyone -- even for Erdogan.
Link to original, kreuz.net...
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| The Threatened Monastery |
(kreuz.net) On 26th of January 2011 the systematic dispossession of a Syrian-Orthodox Monastery -- built in the year 397 -- Mor Gabriel in Tur Abdin in south east Turkey began
Today the courts in Ankara gave the national treasury of the district town of Midyat and the Turkish forestry office a significant portion of the Monastery property.
Will the bell of Mor Gabriel be silenced forever? The hope of the Monks is dwindling.
First on the 26th of January the decision of the Supreme Court in Ankara hit like the crack of a whip.
24 Hectares of the Cloister propety would fall in the judgement for the national treasury of the district town Midyat -- irrespective of the documents which proved the Monasteries claims of ownership.
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| Click on the Slideshow with 14 Photos |
The Second Blow
On the 20th of February the highest court in Ankara struck the Monastery with a second blow.
A further 27.6 Hectares of land within and outside of the Monastery wall were given to the office of forestry in Midyat.
A judgment which is a further consequence of an unfair legal process which is aimed on the state confiscation of the Christian heritage and dechristianization.
The Third Blow
The occupants fear the worst, that there will be still further cases filed against them.
So, Kuryakos Ergün -- who is the president of the Monastery foundation of Mor Gabriel -- must appear in front of the court yet again.
The complaint reads that the Monastery wall is not up to code and is built on state owned forest.
The question at present is the judgement of the highest court in Ankara for the destruction of the defensive wall.
One fears that Ergün will be punished.
The Deadly Blow
Despite the protests of European politicians, church respresentatives and human rights organizations against the arbitrariness of the process, Turkey remains intransigent.
The court decision of February 20th entitled the State to the outline of the Monastery wall.
It makes it clear that Turkey wants to drive the old established Christians out of the country.
Without a protective wall, the fruit and vegetable gardens carefully cultivated by the Monastery will be destroyed by herds of cattle which come from the surrounding Kurdish villages.
The surrender of the almost 1700 year old Monastery is an inevitability.
Thus the way would be clear for the Turks to assume one of the last witnesses of Christianity before the Islam.
They established themselves in Anatolia only in 622.
At the same time Turkey wants into the EU
Mor Gabriel is for the Christians in Southeast Anatolia a religious refuge, which up until now has drawn the faithful and tourists from all over the world.
If the Monastery is lost, then it is forseeable that the remaining Christians, who are about 2,500 - 3,000 Assyrians will also soon lose their homeland.
What is so strange is that the Turkish Premier Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was attempting to promote and strengthen the efforts of Turkey to enter the European Union.
He himself felt discriminated against in this instance -- he claims.
Erdogan criticized that it is against International Law to disallow Turks living in Germany of their national culture.
Actually these efforts, which have taken place in Germany, must also extend to protect Christians in Turkey.
If he attempts to prevent the dispossession of the Monastery of More Gabriel he could show, that his intentions are sincere.
He must protect the freedom of Christians in Turkey, to allow Aramaic language instruction and Christian religious instruction and allow priests to be educated.
Whoever seeks the recognition of human rights abroad, must promote them in his own land as well.
Because the protection of the rights of minorities, civil liberties and religious freedom is not a one way street.
It is a duty for everyone -- even for Erdogan.
Link to original, kreuz.net...
New CCHD Youth Campaign to Fight Poverty
It's an art contest where boundless self-expression will lead you to understand and help others understand the poverty of modern artistic expression.
Maybe the Bishops and the Reds at CCHD are onto something? You can find out more about the presentation at the USCCB site, here.
It doesn't matter in this contest what sort of Art you decide to do. It doesn't even have to be art, but you should learn about where you can learn about the causes of poverty: Here.
Does holiness cause poverty?
Here's a pertinent excerpt from the New Advent Catholic Encyclpedia:
Picture taken from Imagination.
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| Abstract "Art" is a poor way to express concepts or ideas |
Maybe the Bishops and the Reds at CCHD are onto something? You can find out more about the presentation at the USCCB site, here.
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| Possible "Poverty" Art Subject? |
It doesn't matter in this contest what sort of Art you decide to do. It doesn't even have to be art, but you should learn about where you can learn about the causes of poverty: Here.
Does holiness cause poverty?
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| Holiness Causes Poverty: It's a cycle | Foto: REUTERS |
Here's a pertinent excerpt from the New Advent Catholic Encyclpedia:
Jesus Christ did not condemn the possession of worldly goods, or even of great wealth; for He himself had rich friends. Patristic tradition condemns the opponents of private property; the texts on which such persons rely, when taken in connexion with their context and the historical circumstances, are capable of a natural explanation which does not at all support their contention (cf. Vermeersch, "Quæst. de justitia", n. 210). Nevertheless it is true that Christ constantly pointed out the danger of riches, which, He says, are the thorns that choke up the good seed of the word (Matthew 13:22). Because of His poverty as well as of His constant journeying, necessitated by persecution, He could say: "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20), and to the young man who came to ask Him what he should do that he might have life everlasting, He gave the counsel, "If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor" (Matthew 19:16-21). The renunciation of worldly possessions has long been a part of the practice of Christian asceticism; the Christian community of Jerusalem in their first fervour sold their goods "and divided them to all, according as every one had need" (Acts 2:45), and those who embraced the state of perfection understood from the first that they must choose poverty. [Link}
Picture taken from Imagination.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Protestant Media Expert Criticizes Ecclesiastical Conformity to the Modern
Media Theoretician: Editorial journalism supports "radical anti-Clericalism"
Bonn (kath.net/idea) Prof. Norbert Bolz (Berlin) has leveled sharp criticisms of an ecclesiastical "superconformity to the modern". This is the case especially for the Protestant Church. "That is the accomodation, which is merciless and knows no boundaries -- which kills the Church", said the Protestant to a colloquium about the Christian media presene in Germany on the 1st of May in Bonn. The Catholic Institute for Social Science in Walberg was invited.
As an example of ecclesiastical accomodation Bolz described the straining after "political correctness". As the Professor continued, there is in the place of the impenetrability of living conditions in the globalized world, an "ever greater necessity for absoluteness." There is an opportunity for Christianity in that. A problem therefore, that one can only get the complexity of the Christian belief through the media with great difficulty. In television programs or in newspapers, "in which dependent clauses are almost never used", it is difficult for the Church to be done justice by the media.
Christianity with its good news is "principally uninteresting" for the media, since they are interested in bad news. For that reason Christianity is said to have "nothing new to say". Bolz also criticized even a "pronounced editorial jounralism" in Germany, which supports a "radical anti-Clericalism" and prescribe for the Church how it should proceed in the modern world.
Read original...at Kath.net...
Bonn (kath.net/idea) Prof. Norbert Bolz (Berlin) has leveled sharp criticisms of an ecclesiastical "superconformity to the modern". This is the case especially for the Protestant Church. "That is the accomodation, which is merciless and knows no boundaries -- which kills the Church", said the Protestant to a colloquium about the Christian media presene in Germany on the 1st of May in Bonn. The Catholic Institute for Social Science in Walberg was invited.
As an example of ecclesiastical accomodation Bolz described the straining after "political correctness". As the Professor continued, there is in the place of the impenetrability of living conditions in the globalized world, an "ever greater necessity for absoluteness." There is an opportunity for Christianity in that. A problem therefore, that one can only get the complexity of the Christian belief through the media with great difficulty. In television programs or in newspapers, "in which dependent clauses are almost never used", it is difficult for the Church to be done justice by the media.
Christianity with its good news is "principally uninteresting" for the media, since they are interested in bad news. For that reason Christianity is said to have "nothing new to say". Bolz also criticized even a "pronounced editorial jounralism" in Germany, which supports a "radical anti-Clericalism" and prescribe for the Church how it should proceed in the modern world.
Read original...at Kath.net...
More Accusations Against Modernist Collegeville
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| The Hollow Shell of Modernism |
Editor: Father Francisco Schulte OSB is a tall, fair complected man with a big voice and boyish face. Despite the credible accusations against him, he's been in Italy for a while, possibly working on a thesis at the Benedictine College of Sant Anselmo as of 2010, but he's found a stranger place to hide. In any event, Sant Anselmo is a great place if you want to learn how to give back rubs and modernism.
We've been informed at one time that Fr. Francisco is a very holy and unjustly accused priest. Actually, according to one eyewitness, he organized a "Mass" at the High School of St. John's Preparatory where he was employed as the Campus Minister with the Marxist religion instructor, to portray God as a woman and engaged with her in a dialogue homily, where she played the voice of God, but many people aren't worried by such clear betrayals of trust and hypocrisy.
This recent report is consonant with what we've been saying about the common causality between liberalism, or heresy, and the homosexual abuse scandal which allows the various people in charge to justify the institution of programs which continue to attack the integrity of Catholic teaching and even corrupt the young, like the Talking About Touching program, which exposes children to degradation at their early and formative stages. You thought your children were safe in Catholic Schools, think again.
This whole "sex-abuse crisis" has been part of a systematic attack from forces outside and within the Church to continue the degradation of innocence and the darkening of intellects and the damnation of souls to Hell as a consequence.
Forces without, to include the media bosses and political interests like the American Civil Liberties Union, will continue to pursue legal avenues, while within, the Bishops will give the appearance of dealing with the situation by stonewalling against legitimate reform, covering for their homosexual culprits while continuing to foster the atmosphere which promotes the abuse in the first place, an atmosphere of modernism, which St. Pius X once called, "the synthesis of all heresies".
Father Francisco is a credibly accused as a sexual predator and since the time he's been on restriction, he's been employed in positions of trust by the Abbey of San Anselmo in Rome since around 2006 and otherwise employed as a marriage counselor and a tour guide of all things. Most recently, he has even found sanctuary at the promising "conservative" Monastery of San Benedetto, which is not, as we're elated to discover this afternoon, is not to be confused by a different Monastery about two hours away, that has the same name, St. Benedict of Norcia.
Presently, a man from Puerto Rico has accused Father Francisco of abusing him in the early seventies.
Just to remind you, Father Francisco has been credibly accused since the late nineties and on restriction. Despite this, as we have mentioned before, the Abbot of St. John's Abbey at Collegeville continues to sandbag, stonewall and deny there is a voracious cancer that is eating at the heart of the place.
Check out the utterly wreckovated church this Monastery has, and pay close attention to the tone and cadence of the presenter's voice and the things he decides to dwell upon. No real Catholic priest or religious I've ever met sounds like that or says those kinds of flaccid, and heretical sounding things.
Editor: Correction as of, 5/3/11, 1820 Hours GMT: The Monastery referred to is not the newly restored Monastery at Subiaco, but another one by the same name some two hours distance from there. This is not to be confused with the other monastery with the same name, San Benedetto of Norcia, which as I pointed out above is completely and utterly different from Subiaco where Father Francisco Schulte OSB is now said to be temporarily residing. We apologize for the confusion.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Society of St. Pius X Threatens Legal Action Against Friendly Catholic Forum
Editor: This is definitely an overreaction and a friendly fire incident. This raises some serious questions about the integrity and good will of the SSPX legal representation, and even the leadership of the Society itself. Actually, Ignis Ardens administration was sympathetic to Bishop Fellay. I don't think they will be any more. Rather than contest the claims that were made and discredit them, the Society seems to be vindicating them with respect to the questionable associations of their new Attorney. We actually stopped reading the thread after we saw that people were attacking Mr. Krah's Catholic authenticity based on his videos and even speculated on whether or not he prayed the Rosary, however questionable his fan appreciation for the actress and pop star "Madonna" might be.
This threat of legal action puts the whole thing in a different light, however.
Seriously, what kind of a man, to say nothing of a Catholic, would put "Madonna" as one of his favorite performance acts?
Link to Ignis Ardens Site...
Edit as of 9:15 GMT, 2 May: After having talked to the owner of Ignis Ardens, we understand that she is quite happy with things as they are and has no animus at all toward Father Morgan or the SSPX. As she explained it, she was never comfortable with the Krahgate report anyway and is happy to be rid of it.
She's not too worried about any legal action either.
This threat of legal action puts the whole thing in a different light, however.
Seriously, what kind of a man, to say nothing of a Catholic, would put "Madonna" as one of his favorite performance acts?
IGNIS ARDENS
The Ignis Ardens website states that 'it is a Taditionalist Catholic forum with a pro-SSPX bias... but that 'this forum's support for SSPX is not to be taken as evidence of the SSPX's support for this forum.'
The latter part of this statement is certainly true with regard to Ignis Ardens' involvement to date in a campaign which undermines the authority of the Society's General House.
I refer to the section entitled 'Krahgate,' which, under the cover of anonymity, raises serious allegations against Menzingen's lawyer, Maximilian Krah, and, by extension, against the Superior General himself.
Whilst this file, which apparently originated elsewhere, was recently removed at the initiative of the Ignis Ardens moderator, the damage caused will be much more difficult to repair given the public nature of the internet and the propensity for calumny and detraction to spread.
In this regard Bishop Fellay does not exclude having recourse to judicial process, and this should serve a warning to those who think they can commit public slander via the internet with impunity.
Father Paul Morgan.
Link to Ignis Ardens Site...
Edit as of 9:15 GMT, 2 May: After having talked to the owner of Ignis Ardens, we understand that she is quite happy with things as they are and has no animus at all toward Father Morgan or the SSPX. As she explained it, she was never comfortable with the Krahgate report anyway and is happy to be rid of it.
She's not too worried about any legal action either.
John Paul II Said, "No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church" more than any Pope in History
Pope John Paul II " The mystery of salvation is continued and accomplished in the Church, and from
this single source it reaches the whole world. There is no salvation outside the Church. From her
alone there flows the life giving force destined to renew the whole of humanity, directing every human
being to become a part of the Mystical Body of Christ."
Losservatore Romano Oct.12,1981
Pope John Paul II " There is no entering into salvation outside of the Church, just as in the time of
the Deluge there was none outside the Ark which denotes the Church."
Wanderer May 4, 1992
Cf "The Popes Defend the Dogma", here...
Photo, the dude abides...
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