Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Catholic Property Sold for 10 Million: These Are The Fruits of Liberalism

[Burlington Free Press] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has completed the sale of its headquarters at 351 North Ave. to Burlington College for $10 million to help pay for the recent settlement in about two dozen sexual abuse lawsuits involving priests in Vermont.


The diocese and the college finished signing the final paperwork late Friday, according to a statement from the Most Rev. Salvatore R. Matano, bishop of the statewide diocese.

With the sale of the central administration building, the diocesan offices will move into leased space at 55 Joy Drive in South Burlington at the end of May. The property is owned by Pizzagalli Properties and has been offered “at a very reasonable rate,” Matano said in a two-page statement. The property abuts Rice Memorial High School, one of two Catholic high schools left in Vermont.


Rad further, here.

Report: Beatification of John Paul II likely in 2011 | National Catholic Reporter

Report: Beatification of John Paul II likely in 2011 | National Catholic Reporter

Monday, January 3, 2011

Indonesia Fears an Increasing Number of Religious Conflicts in 2011

National Police Chief foresees need to take stringent measures and precautions.

Jakarta (www.kath.net/ KAP) Indonesia's Police fear that the new year will bring an increase in religious tensions.   For that reason the handling of such conclicts will have the "highest priority", said the national Police Chief Timur Pradopo to the daily "Jakarta Post" (Thursday edition).   The General stressed that the police that the police will focus on prevention and proceed against crimes in connection with religious conflicts.  "The people must pray.  If there isn't a place where they can do that then the authorities should find them a place where they can conduct their services in peace," said Pradopo.

In Indonesia the number of attacks by radical Muslims against Christians as well as "heretics" belonging to the Islamic sect "Ahmadiyah" have increased.  The police coming under increasing criticism; they are thought to be inactive in so far as their sympathy for radical Muslims is concerned.

Critics fear that the new line of the police will come to late: it will be hard for them to alter their customary practices, said the rector of the Islamic University in Jakarta, Komaruddin Hidayat, for the "Jakarta Post".  "The Police represent the State and Law. For them  there should be no minority or majority", said the Rektor.  in any even they have long awakened the impression, to stand on the side of the majority.  -- More than 80 percent of the more than 240 million Indonesians are Muslims.

In the meantime five trials have begun this week against 13 militant Muslims.  The men are accused of a terror act A committed on a pastor and a community member of a protestant Church.  Among the accused is also the director of the Bekasi- Area Group of the Islamic Defense Front FPI.  The powerful FPI enjoys according to Indonesia Human Rights organizations, political backing in parts of the army, police and politicians.

Link to original, kath.net...

79 African Nations Resist EU-Homosexual Pressure

Brüssel (kath.net) The 79 Nation group of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States AKP-States sent a letter to the European Parliament which has indicated that they would be forced not to renew their economic agreements on the point of "sexual orientation".  It concerns a contract for economic development assistance, in which there is a clause regarding "non-discrimination" as a condition respecting of sexual origination.  The AKP-States successfully resisted the inclusion of the clause.

The AKP- States request the EU in this letter, "it is urgent that, above all to attempt to keep distance, in those things which we will not freely participate."  These economically developing nations further inform that "the partnership can only work and fully function, if both partners take the necessary respect for social differences and cultural diversity".

The European Parliament in turn had generated a resolution in December in which it reminded Africa that "the EU is responsible for more than half the development assistance and Africa's most important business partner."  Later the resolution makes the admonishment that free sexual orientation is an important category of no-discrimination.

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Where's the Media? L.A. Att'y Declares Many Abuse Accusations Against Catholic Priests Are 'Entirely False'

Where's the Media? L.A. Att'y Declares Many Abuse Accusations Against Catholic Priests Are 'Entirely False'

Dia De La Reqconuista, January 2 1492


Today is a day when those of who aren't ashamed of our religion and our ancestry can celebrate the final victory over the Moors in Spain when the good guys finally captured the city of Granada in 1492.  It's one of those times when you have to really question the integrity if not the intelligence of those people who insist that the Crusades were a complete and utter failure.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Bishop of Münster Lampoons 500,000 Earthquake Victims

Editor: the Primate of Belgium hasn't been the only one to make these comparisons between the sex-abuse hoax and natural disasters.  This Prelate, in the See of the Great von Galen, is licking the boots of Masonic journalists and helping to discredit the Church.

Msgr Felix Genn must, according to his mad sayings, apologize to the victims in Pakistan and Haiti -- and demonstrate that he has come back to his senses.

(kreuz.net) On the 23rd of December Bishop Felix Genn (60) of Munster was interviewed by the German internet site, 'Der Westen'. The site delegated journalists Rudiger Oppers and Thomas Runker.

 Rüdiger Oppers (50) is the 'Chief Director of the New Ruhr / New Rhein Zeitung' and the Chancellor of the Grand Priory of Europe in the ecumenical hospital order.

Up until December 2007 he was associate Grand Master of the German Freemasons.

Since this didn't bring him to Grand Master, he resigned his office.

The homosexually distrubed German politician Guido Westerwelle dubbed him as "the most beautiful Journalist in Germany" in 2008.

 The Bishop Cracks Up

In an interview with the Bishop it was of first importance, therefore, to make a celebration of the rare abuses in a Church context.

Msgr Genn rose to the occasion with: "Yes -- and there we still weren't completely gone topsy-turvey" --  he let himself catch on that the local Bishop wanted the to exploit the abuse hysteria for a long time as work therapy.

The Bishop held forth with madnesses such as the following:  The abuse cases "have destroyed lives, like actual natural catastrophes, like in Haiti or Pakistan."

By the January earthquake in Haiti according to Church estimations, there were 500.000 who died.  A further 300.000 people were injured and 1,2 became homeless.

In Pakistan from September  2010 during the floods, there were an official l 1,738 Menschen. 1.8 Milliom homes were damaged and in total, there were 14 million people affected by the storms.

Comparatively the Diocese of Münster had between 1948 and 2009 about sixty priests, who were accused of --mostly trivial -- "cases of sexual force".

Statistically, there are less than the half are remaining after such information.   In total there were about 4.000 clerics employed in the Diocese.

Consequently,  it effects consequences at very different ratios 0.7 of the clergy.  That means that  99.3 percent of the priests of the Diocese were not accused of doing wrong.

He Works for the Enemy

Never the less the Bishop drove on as if obsessed with the abuse-delusion: "This year will remain an indelibly dark year in the history of the Church" -- he demonized.

As if on command, he passed in front of the two laughing  journalists in a self-conceived mess: The church has learned that these crimes must be atoned for much more.

  Bishop Genn cringingly explained a second time that the German Bishops' Conference had plans to eviscerate the hoax for a long time:

 "At the level of the Episcopal Conference, we are considering how it can create a structured dialogue.“ I will present some ideas for it in January. "

 Because the abuse hoax has such little focus on the facts, expect little, like Mgr. Genn: Genn expanded it:

  "It means, for example, respect for those who no longer believe that." This is important in a multicultural country such as Germany:

 "This is my answer to Christian fundamentalism, and also Muslim fanatics" -as the prelate continued to kiss the butts of the two journalists.

The Bishop starts to grumble: "Fundamentalism is not a religion but a quirky attitude."

The violence of abortion, homosexual ideology, the destruction of the family, the euthanasia program, or the Church's apparent decline, doesn't really bother him.

Read original...kreuz.net...

Spain: Homosexual Memorial at the Basilica?


Spain.  The Comrades of the City Administration of Barcelona want to erect a memorial for the homosexual victim-cult.  As a possible location for the eyesore, the City Government have considered the square in front of the Basilica of the Holy Family, which Pope Benedict XVI consecrated this November.

Link to original, kreuz.net...

Spain: Record for Pilgrimage of St. James

The Holy Year of James in Santiago de Compstela has come to an end -- Correspondent's Report by Manuel Meyer
St. James in Battle



Santiago de Compostela (www.kath.net/ KAP)  With a historic record number of pilgrims, the "Holy Year of James" is at an end this Friday in the northern Spanish pilgrimage destination of Santiago de Compostela.  "It is almost inconceivable, but we have registered a total number of 271.93", said the director of the Office of Pilgrimage in Santiago, Jenaro Cebrian, says Katholischen Nachrichten-Agentur  (KNA)  In his "wildest dreams" it was at the most 240.000... in any case, he had prepared his office well and had even ordered ten temporary employees; but still no one could have figured on such a massive surge in numbers, said the director of the Pilgrimage Office.

Especially chaotic were the busiest Months of July and August. "In July we had 40.000 and in August   60.000 registered pilgrims -- we've never had so many before."  The number of pilgrims has been climbing continuously in the past years.  In the "Holy Year of James" in 1993 there were 99.436;  in the last "Xacobeo"  2004 there were another 179.944.

 "The Spanish James Pilgrimmage is today as beloved as never before",  said Ignacio Santos also, General Director of the Xacobeo-Consortium, which is responsible for the organizing of the "Year of St. James".  In order to care for the mass of pilgrims, the Consortium erected ten new hospices on the various St. James Pilgrimage routes through Spain.  In addition there were mobile Pilgrim shelters established along the beloved "French way", so that no pilgrim would have to sleep under the open sky.  Even so there weren't enough sleeping areas.  "I had to walk until five o'clock in the morning, so that I could get to the the next day's destination.  Otherwise I would have not gotten a bed",  said 39 year old Madrilene Cesar Perez, who had taken the "French way" .

For all, the destination is Santiago, to which all eight of the paths go, the place to which all are bound.  In addition, there are more than 2.000 cultural events of the accompanying cultural performances with demonstrations, concerts and other events which in the estimation o fthe media consist of about eight million visiters who have been drawn to the city.  Actually not everyone is pleased by this.   "When you have been walking through nature all week and are looking for reflection, the arrival in Santiago can be almost a shock",  said Cesar Perez.

The Church tried to accomodate the pilgrims with five daily pilgrimage Masses and spiritual conferences.  For this there were not a few pilgrims who would have liked more peace at the end of their jounrey.  Even for Xacobeo-Director Ignacio Santos it was a balancing act between the protection of the religious character of the pilgrimage and its commercial exploitation, whose business element is very important in the financially poor region.

Next to the plenary indulgence for every Pilgrim who goes to the "St. James Year" in Santiago and goes to confession, even the market crisis in Spain plays an enormous role in the climb of the number of pilgrims:  many see the pilgrimage as a suitable alternative to a vacation, says Jenaro Cebrian.

The Pope too admonished the pilgrims on his visit at the beginning of November to Santiago, that the pilgrims do not exhaust their  wonder in seeking out some destination for its natural beauty, artistic treasures or history.  It's more important for a pilgrim to have an encounter with God in a place, which he has shown himself in a particular way.

From the tomb of the Aposgle Benedict XVI. recalled Europe to its "Christian roots".  And even at the beginning of the "Holy Year" he had expressed his hope that as many, who have gone further from believe in God, might come back to him.  And the faithful should be encouraged by the pilgrimage to rethink their Faith and to deepen it.

A "Holy Year" always takes place in Santiago when the previous year the date of the Apostle's death the 25th of July should fall on a Sunday.  That will not take place again until 2021.

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Still More Spies in the Vatican

The sister was in the apartment of the Cardinal tidying up.  Then she pushed against the statue of the Mother of God of Fatima, which then fell to the floor.

Cardinal Casaroli's Coat of Arms


(kreuz.net)Pope John Paul II. was not the only one in the Vatican who pursued spies.  The Italian news agency, 'Adnekronos' reported on the 29th of December.


Even the former Secretary of State, Agostino Cardinal Casaroli († 1998), found a bug in his home.

It was for that reason that the Cardinal is said to have been shadowed by the Soviet Secret Service, KGB throughout the 80s.

Cardinal Casaroli was  in office from 1979 to 1990.

According to reports from 'Adnkronis' the Cardinal had a little statue of Our Lady of Fatima in his dining room.

One morning  a sister, who was a servant  in the residence, bumped into the statue.  The statue fell to the floor whereupon a bug was suddenly visible.

The Italian Secret Service had determined in the  90er that the bug had been placed by Irina Trollevera in the residence of the Secretary of State.

Mrs Trollerova was a Czech citizen and was married to the Cardinal's nephew.

Already since the election of John Paul II († 2005) in  1978, the KGB had planned to wiretap the Pope.

The goal of the exercise was, "to discredit the Church and the Pope himself with disinformation-actions and provocations."

Actually Pope John Paul II. had already had his experience with Secret Services.

He was already being investigated by the Communist Secret Police of his own country.

Link to the original at kreuz.net...

Humorous Forms For the New Liturgy: Architectural Modernism

Editor: Bewildering, but not surprising. Notice how the indeterminate forms and bare spaces can accomodate ambiguity and foster religious indifferntism, that erroneous idea that all religions are equal.  This space could accommodate practically any event, a blood drive, a barmitzva, an autopsy, a house closing, almost anything, that is, except for the Mass of All Ages.  


An Old Liberal Bishop has rolled out a wire table for the believers in a stilted presentation.

New Table in the Hospital Chapel in Klagenfurt


(kreuz.net, Klagenfurt) The Old Liberal Bishop Alois Scharz von Gurk has blessed a newly constructed hospital chapel in the city of Klagenfurt population 94.000.  The Diocese reported this from its press office at the beginning of December.  [Ho-ho-ho]

Klagenfurt am Wörtersee is the capital of Kärnten.

Bishop Schwarz took this opportunity to  consecrate a wire table, which could pass for a counter top.

The metal construction was designed by Architect Dietmar Feichtinger, who had planned the entire clinic.

The humorous form will serve as a table for the New Mass.
 
The Bishoip used the rite with oil, incense and fire -- which could have been used for an actual altar -- also for the wire table.

Every Wire Strand is an Apostle

For his Sermon, Bishop Schwarz dared a comical allusion.

The twelve wire strands which are fastened to the counter, represent in the tortured imagination of the Bishop, the Twelve Apostles:

"The close circle of friends around Jesus held this house and that table, on which the bread was broken and the wine, the blood of Christ served as the redemption of the world," he mystified.

According to the witness of the Gospel, there was only one apostle under the Cross -- namely John -- usually.

A Symbol of the New Desolation

The bare chapel was described by Bishop Schwarz as "sanctified and sanctifying place of the power of God".

He also thanked the alleged artist, Karl Brandstätter, the one who can be blamed for the inarticulate window glass in the desolate room.

The Bishop explained that people would find "the Savior" in that bare room.

"There are many people who have access to God, some, who seek him, som, who speak with him, without knowing who he is, and some, who still don't know him that he seeks, the God of their life"  -- testified Msgr Schwarz Soundwave.

From kreuz.net...

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Pro-Homosexual Abortion Priest of Genoa Goes Unchastened by Cardinal Tettamanzi

Gino Paoli
[Genoa] In another example of unequal  treatment among unequals, Cardinal Tettamanzi of Genoa, according to Messinlatino, has neglected to deal with Father Andrea Gallo and his partner in crime, the "peace" and abortion priest, Don Andrea Gallo, despite the vociferous objection of many of the Faithful. Every Archdiocese seems to have a handful of these more outspoken creatures who go unpunished, and are well-fed, while their more traditional counterparts face expulsion, suspension and the contempt of their superiors and colleagues. 

Heretical Fr. Andrea Gallo has concelebrated Mass with Genoese priest, Gino Paoli, recently where he sang "Bella Ciao" a disrespectful anthem to the Blessed Mother.  After his shocking confession that he's helped prostitutes to have abortions in the Corriere Della Serra a few years ago,  his recent blasphemies during Mass with Father Paoli, Don Gallo's admission might seem rather low key for now, almost an afterthought put on the back burner by Cardinal Tettamanzi, who never the less saw fit to threaten another priest,  the late Christian Democrat, Don Baget Bozzo, who'd criticized him quite lightly in the same day as Dom Gallo's aforementioned admission to Corriere Della Serra.

In any event, the duo were able to promote their peace message of disarmament, and Father Gallo still hasn't made reparations for his scandalous and awful comments about abortion and euthanasia, both of which he promotes alongside his vociferous political campaigning against Silvio Berlusconi which the aforementioned Father Bozzo was a supporter.  It can be supposed that Cardinal Tettamanzi, by tacit approval is, like Don Gallo and Father Paoli, a lover of peace, social-justice, euthanasia and abortion.  Didn't you know they go together?

Link to Messainlatino, here... 

Oh my poor Genoa, do you miss me now?



Photo from The Far Sight, Catholic Eye Candy...

Latin Masses Approved by the Archdiocese of St. Paul

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“What earlier generations held as
sacred, remains sacred and great
for us too, and it cannot be all of a
sudden entirely forbidden or even
considered harmful.”
~ Pope Benedict XVI

Traditional Latin Mass in Metro Area

Here is where you can assist at the Ancient Use of the
Mass (1962 Missal) within the Archdiocese of St. Paul
& Minneapolis at local Catholic Parishes in Communion
with Archbishop John C. Niensted; Pope Benedict XVI:

Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale
Sunday 11:30 AM—Low Mass, Occasional High Mass
4087 West Broadway, Robbinsdale, MN 55422
Saint Joseph in Miesville
Sunday 8:00 AM—Low Mass
23955 Nicolai Ave., Hastings, MN 55033

Saint Augustine in South Saint Paul
Sunday 11:30 AM—Low Mass, Occasional High Mass
Tuesday & Thursday - 5:15 PM—Low Mass
1st Friday 7:30 PM—High Mass
408 Third Ave. N., South Saint Paul, MN 55075

Saint Agnes in Saint Paul
1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday 10:00 AM—High Mass
548 Lafond Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55103

Holy Trinity in South Saint Paul
Monday & Wednesday 5:15 PM—Low Mass
749 Sixth Avenue S., South Saint Paul, MN 55075



Immaculate Heart of Mary South St. Paul 
Masses Sunday 730am, 10am; Saturday 8am;
Monday at IHM School and sometimes
during the week.
875 Manomin Ave 
Saint Paul , MN 55107 
651-224-1856

Islamists Kill 21 in Alexandrian Church Bombing

Cairo
[Christian Science Monitor] An Egypt church bombing today has raised fears that global terrorist organizations are exploiting the country's rising sectarian tension as justification for attacking Christians.


The powerful explosion took place outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria during a New Year's Eve mass early Saturday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 80. It came just as some of the worshipers, which numbered about 1,000, had begun to leave. Wrecked cars and debris were left scattered in the street.

Security authorities initially said the blast had come from a car bomb, but later said it appeared to have come from a suicide bomber, and not a car. A statement released by the Interior Ministry said the bomb was filled with nuts and bearings to kill as many as possible.

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Christian Presence Vanishing in Israel Last Sixty Years: America

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A Vanishing Church

We are pleased to feature this guest blog post from Sir Jeffery M. Abood, KHS. Sir Abood is chair of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation’s International Speakers Bureau and Co-Chair of the Council on Global Solidarity, Diocese of Cleveland.

The recent Middle East Synod has helped focus church attention on the vanishing Christian population in the Holy Land.
For two thousand years, Christian communities there have thrived. Yet, over the last sixty years, their population has gone from historically around 18 percent to less than 2 percent today. Never have the Christian communities there been as close to going out, as they are now. According to Latin Patriarch Twal, “the future of the Church in the Holy Land is now in doubt unless fellow Christians around the world step up efforts to help them."

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Three Anglican Bishops Come to the Catholic Church

Former Bishop Burnham of Ebbsfleet


It was announced back in October when we cited Kath.net, and now it's final. As Anglo-Catholic reports, history is being made. Deo Gratias, what a wonderful gift from providence and the Holy Father since he promulgated Anglicanorum Coetibus last year. Hearty welcome to them all and we're glad they're here. They're reinforcements for those of us who love Tradition and Orthodoxy.  Cardinal Hume must be rolling in his grave, and Cardinal Kasper has already been duly chastened for his part in attempting to sideline this day. More later. Here's the report from Anglo-Catholic.

History Being Made

Photo stolen from, here.

H/t: Liturgia Latina.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Deacon and Superior of Disgraced SSJ Ordained in Oregon

No one's disputing the man's right to work, but many of his supporters talk as if he could do nothing else than be a priest.  Arguably, turning a blind eye and defending his predatory friends and associates in the face of fair accusations and misappropriation of funds constitutes the kind of offense that would disqualify you from being ordained; but they've lowered the bar, obviously, as anyone who knows a sample of priests in the Modern Church can attest..  Apparently, Dr. Bond has written a letter to the local ordinary allowing this man to be ordained.

On the evening of September 14, 2010, Central Oregon Catholics were privileged to witness the ordination of Joseph Karl Levine to the priesthood. Held at the new St. Francis of Assisi Church on NE 27th St. in Bend, the ceremony was conducted by Bishop Robert F. Vasa and attended by approximately 500 of the faithful. More than 30 priests from the Diocese of Baker and from as far away as Brazil [from the Society of Saint John?] were also present. Other dignitaries at the Mass of Ordination were Thomas Connolly, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Baker, and James Timlin, Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania [who supported the Society of Saint John as long as possible until he retired and his successor suppressed the Society in that diocese].

Fr. Levine has been assigned as Associate Pastor to St. Francis Parish.

Read Tom at AQ...

Churchperson ++Wuerl Has No Opinion on DADT

Way to go whomever was responsible for getting this man into seminary, ordaining him, consecrating him Bishop and then giving him a Cardinal's hat.  Surely, we all knew what a Lion of Orthodoxy he was when all of that was going on and the ambitious young protege of the great  Cardinal McCarrick, was conscientiously moving up that ladder of power.  Perhaps there are some who might have been wondering a while back why nothing substantial was done when he was assigned to +Hunthausen in Seattle when the latter was in trouble with the liberalism and sex abuse; now things should be clearer...
WALLACE: So are you in favor or against the repeal of "Don't Ask/Don't Tell"?

WUERL: That is a question that has to be worked out politically. And there isn't a specific Catholic Church position, but whatever happens, it has to be seen in terms of the church's teaching position.


Read the full interview, here.

H/t: Barbara Krallis

Catholics Targeted in Bomb Blast

[Al Jazeera] Six explosions target Christians across Iraqi capital, killing two and wounding 15, days after al-Qaeda renewed threat. Two people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks against the homes of minority Christians in different parts of Baghdad, police and interior ministry officials said on Thursday.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/12/2010123019144787472.html
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Magic Circle Bishop Burns of Swansea Attacks Immemorial Mass of All Ages


...That clericalism risks raising its head today among those who again are looking for identity in status, not service. They want to be treated differently. There are those who set high standards of morality for lay people, while they blatantly violate those same standards themselves. There are those who go to extremes to express the Mass in a particular way, whether it is in the Ordinary Form or Extraordinary Form, in a so-called VAT II rite or Tridentine Rile, through the "People's Mass" or the . "Priest's Mass". Some want to put the priest on a pedestal, whilst the people are consigned to be privileged spectators outside the rails. Flamboyant modes of liturgical vestments and rubrical gestures abound. Women are denied all ministries at Mass: doing the Readings, the serving, the Bidding Prayers, and taking Communion to the Sick. To many in our Church and beyond, this comes across as triumphalism and male domination.


Link to Ignis Ardens site, here.

Entire Address available at Catholic Church Conservation, here.

Image stolen from BBC, here.