Monday, May 23, 2011
Vatican Objects to Ugly John Paul II Statue
Editor: Most people, including the Vatican, think this thing is ugly. Finally, someone who can make a decision who has some sense. Most of the time, such ugly public works of arts are forced upon the population. Perhaps most taxpayers are too afraid of being called uncultured for calling ugly things ugly? One Italian lady observes that the "art" may be used by the homeless to sleep in and it will be full of beer cans in no time.
Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, asked by APTN in an exclusive interview in his office if the city might take down the statue, said public opinion would be considered.
"There's an ancient saying: 'Vox populi, vox dei' (Latin for voice of the people, voice of God)," Alemanno said. "And from this point of view we cannot help but take into consideration the opinion of the public."
"And if public opinion consolidates around a negative opinion, we'll have to take that into consideration," the mayor said.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Swiss Bishops Insintuate that the Cardinal of Cologne is a Homosexual
Editor: This is from this last Friday. Of course, some will remember the continuing saga of David Berger and his insinuations about the Holy Father and Traditional Catholics. Now he's lashing out with malice and apparently, the Swiss Bishops' mouthpiece is giving him a court of approval to air his hate for the Church. The article follows:
He covers the Church with homosexual filth and waltzes with himself in self-love. The Old Liberal official Church and the decadent Bishops named by John Paul II are serving him with a homosexual court of approval.
(kreuz.net, Zürich) Incredibly, the Swiss Bishops are offering the German homosexual and enemy of the Church, David Berger, a forum for his tirades and lies.
The scene of the crime was a video interview with the official Church website, 'kath.ch'.
The homepage describes itself -- without any contradiction of the Swiss Bishops -- as "the internet site of the Roman Catholic Church in German Switzerland.".
The Website is operated by an opaque "Catholic Media Service" in Zürich.
For that reason, it will never give a critical Journalistic treatment of the theme of homosexuality.
And still with the old lies
Berger, full of self-adulation, portrays himself as the victim of the scene.
Without cross-examination, he retold his lie that he wasn't the one who had brought his immoral life to public attention.
In reality Berger's immoral homosexual lifestyle alteration was discovered for the first time by Kreuz.net in May of Mai 2007.
His neo-Conservative friends stood by him for another long three years, till his Gommorrism was finally too much even for the periodical 'Theologisches'.
Berger was an author with them at that point.
The publisher of the publication was forced in the face of ever newer revelations to withdraw his position.
Berger presents this indeed as a "voluntary separation" .
He had supposedly had broken the "taboo" of a "conspiracy of silence" in the Church, said the notorious liar, in which he portrayed himself in his shameless homosexual life as the hero.
Naturally, he employs the tired old homo-schtick, to portray every critic of homosexuality as one who is homosexually disturbed.
The Video by 'kath.ch' -- which is the last word for the Swiss Bishops -- superimposed a photo of Joachim Cardinal Meisner of Cologne.
In this infamous way, the Cardinal is insinuated into a degenerate morality.
Stupid Homosexual Propaganda
Berger has to admit that he didn't lose his license to teach because of his wormlike existence.
A letter by Cardinal Meisner only generally indicated that he had "over-strenuously criticized" the Church and had led his life in an irreconcilable way.
The tedious website 'kath.ch' tried to downplay Berger's decadent life with the formulation that he "lives with his partner".
Prayerfully and with folded hands
Bergers hatred for the Church became increasingly uncontrolled during the softball Interview.
To the question if he planned on taking recourse against the decision of the Cardinal within the Church he was quick to say:
"I'm not going to pursue it" -- and:
"I have too much honor to have anything to do with the faux legality of Church law."
The court of approval put the question to the homosexually disturbed if he will ever work again as a religious instructor.
Berger: "Perhaps we will receive at some time after the current Pope, one who publicly says: "I'm a homosexual mysef and that's good so -- even if I don't act on it."
Then Berger proceeded to hack down: "If celibacy is abolished, he can move into the Vatican with his husband."
And: "In case that happens, which naturally no one really believes in the Church, then I think I have a good expectation that I can teach again".
As he continued, Berger droned on with the famous palette of the homosexual's nursery rhyme.
The anonymous homosexual interviewer from 'kath.ch' nodded thoughtfully and folded his hands.
Read original, here...kreuz.net...
He covers the Church with homosexual filth and waltzes with himself in self-love. The Old Liberal official Church and the decadent Bishops named by John Paul II are serving him with a homosexual court of approval.
(kreuz.net, Zürich) Incredibly, the Swiss Bishops are offering the German homosexual and enemy of the Church, David Berger, a forum for his tirades and lies.
The scene of the crime was a video interview with the official Church website, 'kath.ch'.
The homepage describes itself -- without any contradiction of the Swiss Bishops -- as "the internet site of the Roman Catholic Church in German Switzerland.".
The Website is operated by an opaque "Catholic Media Service" in Zürich.
For that reason, it will never give a critical Journalistic treatment of the theme of homosexuality.
And still with the old lies
Berger, full of self-adulation, portrays himself as the victim of the scene.
Without cross-examination, he retold his lie that he wasn't the one who had brought his immoral life to public attention.
In reality Berger's immoral homosexual lifestyle alteration was discovered for the first time by Kreuz.net in May of Mai 2007.
His neo-Conservative friends stood by him for another long three years, till his Gommorrism was finally too much even for the periodical 'Theologisches'.
Berger was an author with them at that point.
The publisher of the publication was forced in the face of ever newer revelations to withdraw his position.
Berger presents this indeed as a "voluntary separation" .
He had supposedly had broken the "taboo" of a "conspiracy of silence" in the Church, said the notorious liar, in which he portrayed himself in his shameless homosexual life as the hero.
Naturally, he employs the tired old homo-schtick, to portray every critic of homosexuality as one who is homosexually disturbed.
The Video by 'kath.ch' -- which is the last word for the Swiss Bishops -- superimposed a photo of Joachim Cardinal Meisner of Cologne.
In this infamous way, the Cardinal is insinuated into a degenerate morality.
Stupid Homosexual Propaganda
Berger has to admit that he didn't lose his license to teach because of his wormlike existence.
A letter by Cardinal Meisner only generally indicated that he had "over-strenuously criticized" the Church and had led his life in an irreconcilable way.
The tedious website 'kath.ch' tried to downplay Berger's decadent life with the formulation that he "lives with his partner".
Prayerfully and with folded hands
Bergers hatred for the Church became increasingly uncontrolled during the softball Interview.
To the question if he planned on taking recourse against the decision of the Cardinal within the Church he was quick to say:
"I'm not going to pursue it" -- and:
"I have too much honor to have anything to do with the faux legality of Church law."
The court of approval put the question to the homosexually disturbed if he will ever work again as a religious instructor.
Berger: "Perhaps we will receive at some time after the current Pope, one who publicly says: "I'm a homosexual mysef and that's good so -- even if I don't act on it."
Then Berger proceeded to hack down: "If celibacy is abolished, he can move into the Vatican with his husband."
And: "In case that happens, which naturally no one really believes in the Church, then I think I have a good expectation that I can teach again".
As he continued, Berger droned on with the famous palette of the homosexual's nursery rhyme.
The anonymous homosexual interviewer from 'kath.ch' nodded thoughtfully and folded his hands.
Read original, here...kreuz.net...
Socialist Sweden More Dangerous for Children than Catholic Church
Editor: Andrew Brown at the Guardian is offering his analysis of the American Catholic Bishops' report on sex crimes. First of all, in contrast to Brown, it seems pretty clear that the moral permissiveness and relativism promoted during the "sexual revolution" had something to do with this. When sick individuals like Allen Ginsberg were pursuing adolescents, the thing was glossed over, since geniuses aren't held to the same standards as the lower classes. But what if Socialist Sweden is more dangerous to children than the Catholic Church? A lot of people won't believe you, but here are the figures in case anyone is interested in the injustice of this hoax and how it's been manipulated by the Media-Entertainment complex.
H/t Pewsitter.
[Guardian] For comparison, the Swedish figures for reported sex crimes against all children under 15 was 142/100,000 children in 1992, and 169/100,000 in 2001.
These figures suggest that during the 1990s a child in Sweden, possibly the most secularised country in Europe, was between 10 and 30 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than an American Catholic was by his priest. Even making allowances for the considerable margin of error that must be built into these figures, it's clear that what went on in US Catholic churches was terrible but rather less terrible than what went on at the same time in many other places where Catholicism was not involved. If the US Catholic church is a hotbed of child rape, Sweden is an awful lot worse. (Just to be clear here, I think the idea that Sweden is a dangerous country for children is entirely absurd.)
I picked Sweden for comparison largely because I know my way round the crime statistics there. But the US government figures quoted in the John Jay report show also that Alaska has a rate of reported child abuse that dwarfs Sweden's – 788/100,000 in 2001, or 140 times the incidence of reported child abuse in the US Catholic church at the same period. So there is nothing uniquely rotten about the American Catholic church.
H/t Pewsitter.
Resistance to Instruction On the Way: Archbishop Nichols Looking for Loopholes
The problem is real: one must keep the Diocesan Seminarians in the dark about the Old Mass. Otherwise, they won't be fobbed off with the desacralized ceremonies of the Novus Ordo.
(kreuz.net, London) The Old Liberal Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster in London has expressed his opposition to the instruction 'Universae Ecclesia' over the management of the Old Mass. This was according to the British weekly magazine, 'Catholic Weekly'.
The fear is understandable
Msgr Nichols commented about the demand made by the Instruction, where Seminarians must be instructed with the Old Mass.
The Archbishop stoled a march on the wishy-washy formulation of the Instruction, which identified, the bloviation of "pastoral considerations"
From this he concluded that the expressions concerning this instruction are "provisional" and "not absolute".
His conclusion: "Personally I don't beleive that the already full seminary programme should be added to."
It follows a notion that there is the possibility to learn the Old Mass later in the priestly life.
The Archbishop's fear of the Old Mass is understandable.
In the Seminaries there is a dangerous concurrence that the banal rites of the Novus Ordo will suffer from.
Why doesn't the Vatican Speak Clearly?
Number 21 of the Instruction about the Old Mass is more precisely formulated in the Latin than it is in the English version.
The Latin original original text orders the Bishops with the adverb 'enixe" -- or seriously, to educate their seminarians in the Old Rite.
This Adverb in the English or German translation is simply omitted.
Is there a Need?
Msgr Nichols mentioned moreover, that the Archdiocese of Westminster have asked their priests if they want to learn the Old Mass.
"Many" would have announced themselves.
That's how he has discovered the "need" for the Old Mass in his Archdiocese.
Link to original, kreuz.net...
Photo: © Catholic Church (England and Wales), CC
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| Archbishop Nichols in Westminster in London |
(kreuz.net, London) The Old Liberal Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster in London has expressed his opposition to the instruction 'Universae Ecclesia' over the management of the Old Mass. This was according to the British weekly magazine, 'Catholic Weekly'.
The fear is understandable
Msgr Nichols commented about the demand made by the Instruction, where Seminarians must be instructed with the Old Mass.
The Archbishop stoled a march on the wishy-washy formulation of the Instruction, which identified, the bloviation of "pastoral considerations"
21. Ordinaries are asked to offer their clergy the possibility of acquiring adequate preparation for celebrations in the forma extraordinaria. This applies also to Seminaries, where future priests should be given proper formation, including study of Latin8 and, where pastoral needs suggest it, the opportunity to learn the forma extraordinaria of the Roman Rite.
From this he concluded that the expressions concerning this instruction are "provisional" and "not absolute".
His conclusion: "Personally I don't beleive that the already full seminary programme should be added to."
It follows a notion that there is the possibility to learn the Old Mass later in the priestly life.
The Archbishop's fear of the Old Mass is understandable.
In the Seminaries there is a dangerous concurrence that the banal rites of the Novus Ordo will suffer from.
Why doesn't the Vatican Speak Clearly?
Number 21 of the Instruction about the Old Mass is more precisely formulated in the Latin than it is in the English version.
The Latin original original text orders the Bishops with the adverb 'enixe" -- or seriously, to educate their seminarians in the Old Rite.
„21 – Ordinariienixerogantur ut clericis instituendis occasionem praebeant accommodatam artem celebrandi in forma extraordinaria acquirendi, quod potissimum pro Seminariis valet, in quibus providebitur ut sacrorum alumni convenienter instituantur, Latinum discendo sermonem et, adiunctis id postulantibus, ipsam Ritus Romani formam extraordinariam.“
This Adverb in the English or German translation is simply omitted.
Is there a Need?
Msgr Nichols mentioned moreover, that the Archdiocese of Westminster have asked their priests if they want to learn the Old Mass.
"Many" would have announced themselves.
That's how he has discovered the "need" for the Old Mass in his Archdiocese.
Link to original, kreuz.net...
Photo: © Catholic Church (England and Wales), CC
Mel Gibson Forges Ahead to Make Viking Film: Life Goes On
Editor: it's funny how all the pommies are freaking out about the "historical inaccuracies" of Gibson's Brave-heart. Gibson has surely become a kind of local ogre for the politically and morally obscure, but that's another thing entirely. Of course, it's a sure bet that these parsimonious quibblers don't find the same fault with Jackson's Lord of the Rings for getting that completely and utterly wrong, anyway. Check out the moaning and groaning going on in the comments. Still looking forward to a film about Lepanto or Vienna Wood, and another religious classic, perhaps something uplifting about the Holodomor.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1244769/Mel-Gibson-plans-recreate-Viking-invasion-England-Scotland-latest-movie.html#ixzz1N6sVdYeA
[The Daily Fail] He may have faced criticism for his interpretation of William Wallace's battle for Scottish independence in Braveheart, but that hasn't deterred Mel Gibson from producing another history-based movie.
This time the actor is planning to turn his directorial skills towards the Viking invasion of England and Scotland in the ninth century.
Gibson, 54, will follow a similar route to his previous films The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto by filming all of the scenes using Old Norse language, with English subtitles
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1244769/Mel-Gibson-plans-recreate-Viking-invasion-England-Scotland-latest-movie.html#ixzz1N6sVdYeA
Hippie Pastor Makes Mild Remarks in Minnesota House: Gutless Minnesota Politicians Slither
Editor: The anti-Catholic hate sheet, The Minneapolis Star and Tribune, is attacking a strange and anarchistic looking Protestant Minister, Pastor Bradlee Dean, for a fairly mild message. In fact, it caused many in the house to lash out with their hate-filed Christophobic bullying, some lazily, indolently comparing him to Hitler and others simpering about what they felt was "hateful". It just goes to show you that you really can't make concessions to these people, you have to fight them and confront them without fear in your heart. If you make concessions to the stupidity and error of their position, they will never be pleasee, rather like the anguished souls of the damned in Hell, they will grasp at you to pull you down. Well, this Protestant minister made a very mild statement in the midst of a "controversial" decision to vote on a bill defending "traditional" Marriage. It's hard to see what's so offensive about what he actually said, unless the members are just objecting to things he's said outside of his speech. Actually, his argument is a fairly decent argument, which summarizes a quote from the great African Saint Cyprian in his discussion about the people who purchased a Company from the owner and then got the owner fired from his own company. Actually, it didn't just happen in 2008, it happened in 1775 and it happened at the eve of the Protestant Revolt and it happened every time that the Jews were unfaithful to God Almighty in the times of old.
No one can have God for his. Father, who does not have the Church for his mother
That being said, we acknowledge in a truly ecumenical way, the patriotism and the piety of this strange hippyesque and radical speaker and the basic truth and goodness of his message.
This situation happens in light of the Pro-Homosexual Representative from South St. Paul who attacked a Catholic priest recently without provocation in the most unreasonable way.
Iraq: Catholic Family Man Murdered
Editor: Catholics were in Iraq long before the Muslims. Don't forget that, at least.
Kirkuk (www.kath.net/ idea) In Northern Iraq a 29 year old Christian was murdered. The body of the family father with three children Ashur Issa Yaqub was found on May 16th by Police in Kirkuk. As the aid organization Open Doors (Kelkheim bei Frankfurt am Main) reported, his body revealed signs of torture and bite wounds. Hands and arms were tied and the head had been completely removed.
According to reports of a local pastor, members of the terror network Al Kheda pressured his employer to dismiss the construction worker \because he was Christian. Yaqub, who belongs to the Chaldean Catholic Community, was abducted. Al Kaida fighters demanded a ransom of about 70.000 Euro for his release. According to estimate by Open Doors, which cares for Christians persecuted and oppressed world wide, the situation in Iraq has significantly worsened.
Christians have lived almost 2.000 years in Iraq. In the mean time their numbers have been decimated because many of the attacks of Islamic "extremists" happen to them. 1990 figures show that around 29 million inhabitants and 1,4 million Christians were present, now there are about 200.000.
Original, kath.net...
Kirkuk (www.kath.net/ idea) In Northern Iraq a 29 year old Christian was murdered. The body of the family father with three children Ashur Issa Yaqub was found on May 16th by Police in Kirkuk. As the aid organization Open Doors (Kelkheim bei Frankfurt am Main) reported, his body revealed signs of torture and bite wounds. Hands and arms were tied and the head had been completely removed.
According to reports of a local pastor, members of the terror network Al Kheda pressured his employer to dismiss the construction worker \because he was Christian. Yaqub, who belongs to the Chaldean Catholic Community, was abducted. Al Kaida fighters demanded a ransom of about 70.000 Euro for his release. According to estimate by Open Doors, which cares for Christians persecuted and oppressed world wide, the situation in Iraq has significantly worsened.
Christians have lived almost 2.000 years in Iraq. In the mean time their numbers have been decimated because many of the attacks of Islamic "extremists" happen to them. 1990 figures show that around 29 million inhabitants and 1,4 million Christians were present, now there are about 200.000.
Original, kath.net...
Berlin's Homosexual Mayor Wants to Lecture Pope Benedict on "Morality"
Editor: You go girl.
The homosexually disturbed talks of "morality"
Germany. The Berlin Mayor, Comrade Klaus Wowereit (SPD), is hoping for a debate about "social image" and "moral positions" of the Church during the visit from Pope Benedict XVI. This is from the website 'theeuropean.de'. Each part of of natural law which doesn't meet with his approval, he calls "antiquated". The Catholics therefore should "tidy up". As an example he described the Church's criticism of contraception, which has turned entire lands into elder hostels. The homo-disturbed is also expecting yet "another adjustment" in the Church to sodomy, which according to the testimony of holy writ, cries to heaven for vengeance.
And yet:
All University Professors are Child Molestors
Austria. A -- naturally unnamed -- Graz University Professor (45) has been charged because of child pornography. This is what the anti-Church 'Österreichische Rundfunk' -- which is descended from the National Socialist ‘Reichssender Wien’. The judgement: a limited sentence of four months and 8.000 Euro fine. Since 1999 the perpetrator collected photos of naked children and films of child rapes and saved them on his computer. While on vacation he photographed naked children on the beech. The police found 50.000 child pornographic data matches on his computer. The professor is "presently" suspended.
Coptic Bishop Warns against the Persecution of Christians in Germany
Bishop Damian -- the General of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Germany -- had an interview with the website '.com' in which he warned of a persecution in Germany: "There is a great danger that given the dominance of the influence of Islam in Germany that Christians will be seriously endangered." The suffering of Egyptian Christians could also be the suffering of the Christians in Germany, if German Society does not undergo a substantial change. The party president of the leading Christian-hate-party 'Greens', Comrade Cem Özdemir, is a Muslim.
Old Liberal Bishop Thinks Germany is Progressive
Germany. The Old Liberal Bishop, Gerard Fürst (62)of Rottenburg-Stuttgart explained to the 'Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung', that married priests aren't just being considered in the Catholic Cosmos of progressive countries like Germany or the USA.
The "progress" described by Msgr Fürst in the aforementioned lands are also imbued with an unprecedented ecclesiastical decadence.
The Cardinal of Berlin has Pneumonia
Germany. The state of the resigned Archibshop of Berlin Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky is very serious. This was reported by the Berlin Diocesan Administrator, Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich, yesterday. The Cardinal suffers from pneumonia. For that reason he was removed from a rehab facility to the hospital. The Cardinal has gone to the hospital two times since February for stomach operations.
Link, kreuznet original...
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| Klaus Wowerweit | © Flickr-Benützer ‘SpreePiX – Berlin’, CC-BY-NC-ND |
The homosexually disturbed talks of "morality"
Germany. The Berlin Mayor, Comrade Klaus Wowereit (SPD), is hoping for a debate about "social image" and "moral positions" of the Church during the visit from Pope Benedict XVI. This is from the website 'theeuropean.de'. Each part of of natural law which doesn't meet with his approval, he calls "antiquated". The Catholics therefore should "tidy up". As an example he described the Church's criticism of contraception, which has turned entire lands into elder hostels. The homo-disturbed is also expecting yet "another adjustment" in the Church to sodomy, which according to the testimony of holy writ, cries to heaven for vengeance.
And yet:
All University Professors are Child Molestors
Austria. A -- naturally unnamed -- Graz University Professor (45) has been charged because of child pornography. This is what the anti-Church 'Österreichische Rundfunk' -- which is descended from the National Socialist ‘Reichssender Wien’. The judgement: a limited sentence of four months and 8.000 Euro fine. Since 1999 the perpetrator collected photos of naked children and films of child rapes and saved them on his computer. While on vacation he photographed naked children on the beech. The police found 50.000 child pornographic data matches on his computer. The professor is "presently" suspended.
Coptic Bishop Warns against the Persecution of Christians in Germany
Bishop Damian -- the General of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Germany -- had an interview with the website '.com' in which he warned of a persecution in Germany: "There is a great danger that given the dominance of the influence of Islam in Germany that Christians will be seriously endangered." The suffering of Egyptian Christians could also be the suffering of the Christians in Germany, if German Society does not undergo a substantial change. The party president of the leading Christian-hate-party 'Greens', Comrade Cem Özdemir, is a Muslim.
Old Liberal Bishop Thinks Germany is Progressive
Germany. The Old Liberal Bishop, Gerard Fürst (62)of Rottenburg-Stuttgart explained to the 'Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung', that married priests aren't just being considered in the Catholic Cosmos of progressive countries like Germany or the USA.
The "progress" described by Msgr Fürst in the aforementioned lands are also imbued with an unprecedented ecclesiastical decadence.
The Cardinal of Berlin has Pneumonia
Germany. The state of the resigned Archibshop of Berlin Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky is very serious. This was reported by the Berlin Diocesan Administrator, Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich, yesterday. The Cardinal suffers from pneumonia. For that reason he was removed from a rehab facility to the hospital. The Cardinal has gone to the hospital two times since February for stomach operations.
Link, kreuznet original...
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Father Pfleger Declares Victory over Cardinal George
Editor: He's declaring victory on his FB Page. He can now return to St. Sabina's to make the same inflammatory statements, perpetrate Liturgical abuses and lead his flock to Hell. Cultural Marxism is indeed a powerful thing.
The heretical pastor was prepared to leave the Catholic Church at one point and considering his boss' strong statement, it's easy to see that a significant turn around was made without Pfleger making any recantations at all:
So much for those hard words. Pfleger now says:
Here's the article from the local Chicago paper:
Link further...
h/t AQ, E
The heretical pastor was prepared to leave the Catholic Church at one point and considering his boss' strong statement, it's easy to see that a significant turn around was made without Pfleger making any recantations at all:
The cardinal ended the letter by saying, "This conflict is not between you and me; it's between you and the Church that ordained you a priest, between you and the faith that introduced you to Christ and gives you the right to preach and pastor in his name. If you now formally leave the Catholic Church and her priesthood, it's your choice and no one else's. You are not a victim of anyone or anything other than your own statements."
So much for those hard words. Pfleger now says:
Thank you to all who prayed and stood with me in the FIRE, God is so FAITHFUL. I am grateful to friends and stangers [sic] who lifted St. Sabina and Myself before the Throne of God! Although we have very HOT days and very COLD days we neither BURN nor FREEZE, because God is in CONTROL, so it is with life. No matter how it looks or feels GOD is in control and will not let life Destroy us! To GOD be the GLORY!!!
Here's the article from the local Chicago paper:
Ending a weeks-long standoff, Cardinal Francis George lifted his suspension of the Rev. Michael Pfleger on Friday after the two men met and Pfleger apologized for statements the cardinal took as a threat to leave the priesthood.
Both men issued simultaneous statements, with Pfleger saying he would deliver a transition plan by Dec. 1 for St. Sabina Catholic Church, the South Side parish he has served for nearly 30 years.
But neither statement clarified how long Pfleger might remain at the parish. For now, he'll be back in the pulpit for the 11:15 a.m. Mass on Sunday.
Link further...
h/t AQ, E
Friday, May 20, 2011
De Ecclesia Militante by Chris Wells
Editor: Don't forget to support the pious work of Chris Wells on his Pius Blog. He writes:
Saint Robert Bellarmine - De Ecclesia Militante
Today I'm beginning to post St. Robert Bellarmine's classic work, De Ecclesia Militante. Despite its importance to the study of ecclesiology, to the best of my knowledge there is no English version available. I will be posting a (very rough) English translation, with the Latin text following in a later post. I hope that by making this text available on the internet, it will prompt other students to rediscover Bellarmine's theology.
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Saint Robert Bellarmine - De Ecclesia Militante
Today I'm beginning to post St. Robert Bellarmine's classic work, De Ecclesia Militante. Despite its importance to the study of ecclesiology, to the best of my knowledge there is no English version available. I will be posting a (very rough) English translation, with the Latin text following in a later post. I hope that by making this text available on the internet, it will prompt other students to rediscover Bellarmine's theology.
Chapter One
About the Name of the Church
(1) The controversy about the Church militant has many parts. For she is first considered as she is in herself; then about her members, that is, about clerics, about monks, about laity. But returning to the Church considered according to herself, about which we now start to dispute, there are esEpecially three controversies. The first is about the name and definition of ‘Church.’ The second, about the quality or about the visibility of the same. The third, about the notes, by which she is able to be known certainly.
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Phillippine Bishops Support SSPX Rosary Crusade
Edit: Father Albert Ghela of the SSPX in the Philippines receives a kind of endorsement from the Church there. Let's hope this kind of collaboration continues with benefit for everyone, including the sheep.
In this first video Fr. Onoda, rector of the SSPX's Our Lady of Victories Church in Manila, hosts Archbishop Paciano Aniceto who is the chairman of the Philippine Episcopal Commission on Family Life (CBCP).
In this second video Fr. Albert Ghela SSPX, hosts Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu.
H/t: Hawaii5O
Here in the Philippines the SSPX organised a 1 Million Rosary Crusade for the Defense of God's Law on Life and Family. This Rosary Crusade is supported and endorsed by the Philippine Episcopal Commission on Family Life (CBCP). President Aquino accepted $500 million in aid from the USA that had the "Family Planning" strings attached and now the Catholic Church is the only force to truly oppose him. It is heartwarming to see the local Bishops here in the Philippines supporting the SSPX, under the banner of Our Blessed Mother, in the defense of life. St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop Lazo, pray for us!
In this first video Fr. Onoda, rector of the SSPX's Our Lady of Victories Church in Manila, hosts Archbishop Paciano Aniceto who is the chairman of the Philippine Episcopal Commission on Family Life (CBCP).
In this second video Fr. Albert Ghela SSPX, hosts Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu.
H/t: Hawaii5O
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Immemorial Mass is a Duty: Swiss Bishop Promotes Mass of All Ages
Switzerland [May 16, Kreuz] Bishop Vitus Huonder met with about 60 priests at the Benedictine Cloister of Einsiedeln. The Vienese Psychiatrist and Opus Dei Numerary, Raphael Bonelli gave a talk about celibacy. In his preaching, Msgr Huonder spoke about the Instruction 'Universae Ecclesiae'. The Bishop encouraged the priests to follow the Instruction. He stressed especially the right of the Traditionalists for the Old Mass. Every Bishop has been bound by the Pope, to support the desire for the Old Mass -- Msgr Huonder said.
http://www.kreuz.net/article.13221.html
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More Mistaken Notions About the Rome Conferences with the SSPX
Editor: There's a lot more docility on the part of the SSPX to what the Vatican says it wants; but William Oddie says that he's a Papal Loyalist, understandably so for the SSPX has shown time and time again that it has been more loyal to the Holy Father than the men who are supposed to be in union with him. Incredibly, he talks about the mainstream Catholic. Actually, if the numbers on birth control and actual knowledge of the average layman to be believed, most Catholics are not Papal Loyalists. They don't either believe or understand most Catholic doctrine, and they don't practice what the Catholic Church teaches by and large. On the other hand, it's your SSPX types who are on board with the Pope on Birth Control, Homosexuality, the Hierarchy and a host of other issues.
I suppose the Guardian just hopes to portray the Traditionalist position as ridiculous, but William Oddie's expectations and explanations really fly in the face of reality when he writes the following:
I suppose the Guardian just hopes to portray the Traditionalist position as ridiculous, but William Oddie's expectations and explanations really fly in the face of reality when he writes the following:
Well, I can’t say I’m neutral between the two points of view, definitely tending towards being a “papal loyalist” (despite some discomfort over Assisi, I think it’s just about defensible), though how high-minded you need to be to hold such views I’m not sure: it seems to me it’s a perfectly normal for a mainstream Catholic to be loyal to the pope. [Hmmm...you'd think...]
The real question is whether there was ever any realistic prospect that there might be any kind of rapprochement. Rome’s view is that the SSPX can be as critical as it likes about the distortions of Vatican II – what Pope Benedict calls “the hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture” – but in the end it has to accept the essential Catholicity of the Council itself. This seems to me entirely reasonable. SSPX actually demands that Rome should repudiate the Council and accept that the Mass of Paul VI is invalid, even Protestant.
UK: Ritual Slaughter of Goats in Devon Has Frightened Local People
Editor: It's frightening to think that someone should be so cruel to a poor, harmless goat. Goats are sweet, gentle animals and to think that someone would do the kinds of things to them that are happening here, is more than a little disturbing. It's understandable that the local people are overwrought about this.
When things like this happen, it's understandable how ordinary people can justifiably have concerns about Satanism. Whether or not this constitutes some form of Satanic ritual or not, it looks to be more likely the result of adolescents who listen to Satanic Rock N' Roll.
It would be a blessing if they were caught and punished, because it's even more disturbing to think that the people who are doing this are free and liable to turn up just about anywhere.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387427/Satanism-fear-stalks-village-goats-tortured-killed.html#ixzz1Mo09LtOk
When things like this happen, it's understandable how ordinary people can justifiably have concerns about Satanism. Whether or not this constitutes some form of Satanic ritual or not, it looks to be more likely the result of adolescents who listen to Satanic Rock N' Roll.
It would be a blessing if they were caught and punished, because it's even more disturbing to think that the people who are doing this are free and liable to turn up just about anywhere.
[The Daily Mail] Four goats have been cruelly slaughtered in a village, raising fears of ‘satanic rituals’.
The animals were killed within a few days of each other, either with their heads twisted backwards or their throats cut.
The horned goat is a symbol in the occult, intended to mock the image of Jesus as the ‘lamb’ who died for Man’s sins, after a reference in the Bible to the obedient sheep being separated from the unruly, non-believing goats.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387427/Satanism-fear-stalks-village-goats-tortured-killed.html#ixzz1Mo09LtOk
Boston Archdiocesan Official Supports Obama Extravaganza
Editor: Despite there being a prohibition that Personnel working for the Archdiocese adhere to and defer to the teaching of the Church, a Diocesan official who's helping to organize a campaign being sponsored by the pro-abortion, Marxist, President of the United States.
Here are a few excerpts from the
[Boston Catholic Insider] There is no question that the moral tradition of the Catholic Church opposes abortion–as do certain applicable Archdiocesan Affiliated organizations–and there is little doubt that President Obama is pro-abortion (see “Obama recalls Roe v. Wade, backs abortion rights“ and “Barack Obama on Abortion“).
So, can Jack, through his public and private actions, serve as chair of Partners Healthcare (one of the largest abortion providers in the state), raise money for pro-abortion politicians such as President Obama, endorse them, lead faithful Catholics and others to vote for them, and presumably vote for them himself, while also somehow promoting the welfare of the Archdiocese and each applicable Archdiocesan Affiliated Organization and exemplifying the moral traditions of the Church?
As we all know, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, in a 2007 interview with the Boston Globe, acknowledged that Catholic voters in Massachusetts generally support Democratic candidates who are in favor of abortion rights, said, “I think that, at times, it borders on scandal as far as I’m concerned.”
So how does Jack’s very public support for candidates who favor abortion rights reconcile with Church moral teachings, the Code of Conduct policy and the Cardinal’s own belief that it borders on scandal?
Here are a few excerpts from the
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Bishop Fellay of SSPX Has Mixed Reactions about Clarification: Sees no Reconcilation Short Term
Editor: The future's uncertain and the end is always near.
Clarity is not the Charism of the Conciliar Church
The General Superior of the Society of Pius X has made it clear that a reconciliation with the Vatican is not foreseeable "in the short term".
(kreuz.net, Stuttgart) The instruction 'Universae Ecclesiae' has affirmed the importance of the Old Mass for the whole Church.
Bishop Bernard Fellay -- the General Superior of the Society of St. Pius X -- said this in a German video interview with the website 'pius.info'.
This occured on Tuesday at during a visit by Msgr Fellay in Stuttgart.
The Bishop was leased that Bishops and Priests will be permited to offer the Old Rite.
At the same time Msgr Fellay sees shadows in the Instruction.
Legitimacy of the New Mass
The Bishop especially criticized number 19 of the Instruction.
It reads: "The faithful who ask for the celebration of the forma extraordinaria must not in any way support or belong to groups which show themselves to be against the validity or legitimacy of the Holy Mass or the Sacraments celebrated in the forma ordinaria or against the Roman Pontiff as Supreme Pastor of the Universal Church."
The General Superior took the entire paragraph to mean that the legitimacy of the New Mass may not be doubted.
Actually, it's a fact "that probably ninety percent of those, who are attending the Old Mass see."
Because: Why should one attend the Old Mass if one is happy with the New -- asked the Prelate.
With this point, the Society is "surely not pleased".
Careful Criticisms
Additionally, Msgr Fellay criticized number 31 of the Instruction. There, the Diocesan Bishops are strenuously forbidden to offer Priestly ordinations in the Old Rite.
The section from 31 reads: 31. "Only in Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life which are under the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, and in those which use the liturgical books of the forma extraordinaria, is the use of the Pontificale Romanum of 1962 for the conferral of minor and major orders permitted."
Bishop Fellay had hoped for the same openness to ordination as with the Mass.
As a whole he greets the new Instruction "with mixed feelings".
As far as that goes, he hopes that the good will grow and that the Old Mass will be more and more celebrated.
No Reconciliation in the Short Term
Of the Conferences with the Vatican, Msgr Fellay said that he remains committed to them.
If it will produce a common clarification or not, only the future can tell.
The Bishop isn't expecting too much.
In the short term he does not see a reconciliation. The Society should not expect that Rome will suddenly say: "I was wrong".
Long term Msgr Fellay hopes for certain emendations -- especially of the Pastoral Council:
"It is very, very difficult, to say anything clear about the results of the Discussions."
Link to original...here.
Clarity is not the Charism of the Conciliar Church
The General Superior of the Society of Pius X has made it clear that a reconciliation with the Vatican is not foreseeable "in the short term".
(kreuz.net, Stuttgart) The instruction 'Universae Ecclesiae' has affirmed the importance of the Old Mass for the whole Church.
Bishop Bernard Fellay -- the General Superior of the Society of St. Pius X -- said this in a German video interview with the website 'pius.info'.
This occured on Tuesday at during a visit by Msgr Fellay in Stuttgart.
The Bishop was leased that Bishops and Priests will be permited to offer the Old Rite.
At the same time Msgr Fellay sees shadows in the Instruction.
Legitimacy of the New Mass
The Bishop especially criticized number 19 of the Instruction.
It reads: "The faithful who ask for the celebration of the forma extraordinaria must not in any way support or belong to groups which show themselves to be against the validity or legitimacy of the Holy Mass or the Sacraments celebrated in the forma ordinaria or against the Roman Pontiff as Supreme Pastor of the Universal Church."
The General Superior took the entire paragraph to mean that the legitimacy of the New Mass may not be doubted.
Actually, it's a fact "that probably ninety percent of those, who are attending the Old Mass see."
Because: Why should one attend the Old Mass if one is happy with the New -- asked the Prelate.
With this point, the Society is "surely not pleased".
Careful Criticisms
Additionally, Msgr Fellay criticized number 31 of the Instruction. There, the Diocesan Bishops are strenuously forbidden to offer Priestly ordinations in the Old Rite.
The section from 31 reads: 31. "Only in Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life which are under the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, and in those which use the liturgical books of the forma extraordinaria, is the use of the Pontificale Romanum of 1962 for the conferral of minor and major orders permitted."
Bishop Fellay had hoped for the same openness to ordination as with the Mass.
As a whole he greets the new Instruction "with mixed feelings".
As far as that goes, he hopes that the good will grow and that the Old Mass will be more and more celebrated.
No Reconciliation in the Short Term
Of the Conferences with the Vatican, Msgr Fellay said that he remains committed to them.
If it will produce a common clarification or not, only the future can tell.
The Bishop isn't expecting too much.
In the short term he does not see a reconciliation. The Society should not expect that Rome will suddenly say: "I was wrong".
Long term Msgr Fellay hopes for certain emendations -- especially of the Pastoral Council:
"It is very, very difficult, to say anything clear about the results of the Discussions."
Link to original...here.
Pope Warns of the Sins of Sodom and Gomorrah
Editor: The following is a google of Vaticanist Tornielli's account of Pope Benedict XVI's address during his general audience today. If there are but ten good men left, God is good enough to work from that to save the city of man from utter destruction. It is not only a warning, but a sign of love and healing.
Evil "is not acceptable," but "the Lord does not want the death of the wicked, but that he be converted and live; his desire is always to forgive, save, create, transform evil into good." This was explained by Benedict XVI during the general audience today, commenting on the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities where rampant immorality, for the sake of which Abraham prayed to God begging him not to wear his punishment in just the name of those who lived there.
With his prayers, "Abraham is giving voice to the desire of God, which is not to destroy, but to save Sodom, to give life to the repentant sinner." The need 'to find right men in the city "is becoming less demanding and ten in the end it will be enough to save the entire population." But "there were not ten righteous in Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities were destroyed." And this is because "the town were closed on an all-encompassing and numbing evil, without even a few innocents from which to transform evil into good."
"It is not the punishment that should be eliminated - said Benedict XVI - but sin, that rejection of God and the love that brings in itself the punishment." It serves, however, "a transformation from within, a few good holding on, a beginning from which to transform evil into good, hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness." For this the righteous shall be in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and continually repeated: "Perhaps it will ...."
"There - Ratzinger has made clear - is in reality ill that there must be the seed of good that can heal and restore life." "It's a word," he added spontaneously to the Pope, addressed "to us" so that "in our town is the seed of good, we do not all because there are only ten righteous people to live and survive in our cities and to save us from the bitterness inside which is the absence of God in the real sick of Sodom and Gomorrah, the seed of good is not. "
Hearing these words of the Pope came to me immediately in mind the connection with the incident, sad and dramatic, the Genoese priest accused of abusing children by offering them in exchange for cocaine.
Study blames U.S. clergy sex abuse on poor training of priests, upheaval of the 1960s
Editor: The Bishops need to start taking responsibility for what they've failed to do in their training of priests and opening the doors of the Church to modern psychological techniques, moral relativism, Marxism and ultimately, Modernism. It's a convenient time to point out what happened in California with the IHM Sisters at the hands of practitioners like Doctor Coulson who destroyed the lives of the Nuns there by appealing to their desire for becoming more modern. They became more modern, alright., here and abstract here. Rather than identifying the problem, doing public penance and making restitution, the Bishops have instead, by and large, attempted to nullify the problem through various meaningless gestures and participate with those outside the Church who want to make this a cause for more, not less, Liberalism entering into the Church. This Liberalism takes the form of sex education, which was part of the problem in the first place, increasing more lay involvement and pushing for an end to clerical celibacy, priestesses and an electoral process for Bishops.
In fact, this observation about the moral ineptitude of the Bishops and their conferences is not that controversial or original as Catholic Church Conservation notes: Cardinal Baggio in 1977 when Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, addressed the Circulo di Roma, a group of diplomats and intellectuals based in Rome.
While dressing up his assessment of Bishops' Conferences in a generally positive light, he declared that, « as they were entirely human institutions, they reveal grandeurs and servility, ambiguity and contradictions, such as improvisation and inexperience, empiricism, group mentality when it comes to expressing an opinion, bureaucratic and administrative inertia, a refusal to take responsibility, a loss of energy and time- these defective elements lead one to consider sometimes that the Bishops’ Conferences are a aberration of pluralism »
Considering that sex-abuse is far more likely to occur among Protestants, and Jews, this study reiterates the true source of the problem, which is Liberalism and Modernism, sins upon which modern Judaism and Protestantism are founded.
Although the victims studied by the researchers were all legally minors, the authors said only a percentage of accused priests - less than 5 percent - could be technically defined as pedophiles.
Associated Press
Updated: 05/17/2011 11:50:26 PM CDT
WASHINGTON - Researchers commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to analyze the pattern of clergy sex abuse over decades have concluded that homosexuality, celibacy and an all-male priesthood did not cause the scandal.
The report from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York said about 44 percent of the known abuse cases involved priests who were ordained in the 1940s and 1950s, at a time when seminaries did not properly train them to live a celibate life. These men were not equipped to withstand the social upheaval of the 1960s, which was a time of an increase in sexual deviancy and a spike in crime in society at large, the authors said.
The full report is the last of three studies commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as part of child protection reforms adopted in 2002 at the height of the American abuse crisis. Dioceses nationwide have received allegations from more than 15,700 people against about 6,000 clerics since 1950, according to reports John Jay and others compiled for the bishops. The findings are scheduled to be released Wednesday. A person close to the bishops provided a copy to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity since the person was not authorized to release the information.
The debate over what caused the crisis has fallen along ideological lines, with liberals blaming mandatory celibacy or the lack of women in positions of authority. Conservatives pointed to gay priests, since the overwhelming majority of known victims were boys.
The John Jay researchers, however, said that the offenders chose boys mainly because the clergy had greater access to them. [This is the politically correct thing, of course, denying the obvious link to deviant sexual behavior and mental conditions which lead to the abuse.] According to the researchers, abuse cases peaked in the 1970s, then began declining sharply in 1985, following a similar trajectory for the rate of abuse in society at large.
The bishops hoped the results of the study, which were first reported by Religion News Service, would help them better identify potential offenders. The researchers, however, said they found no "psychological characteristics" or "developmental histories" that distinguished guilty priests from clergy who did not molest children.
"No single 'cause' of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests is identified as a result of our research," the authors wrote.
Although the victims studied by the researchers were all legally minors, the authors said only a tiny percentage of accused priests - less than 5 percent - could be technically defined as pedophiles. The John Jay researchers define pedophile as an adult with an intense sexual attraction to prepubescent children. However, victim advocates have disputed that classification, since boys ages 10-14 were the largest group of known victims, which could include children who had not yet gone through adolescence.
Critics argue the study cannot be trusted since the raw data was provided by the bishops.
In February, a Philadelphia grand jury alleged that the local archdiocese kept 37 credibly accused clergy in public ministry, despite repeated pledges by the nation's bishops that no offenders would stay on duty. In response, Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali suspended about two dozen clergy and hired a former prosecutor to review the cases. Ana Maria Catanzaro, the head of the Philadelphia review board, which was formed to advise bishops on abuse cases, said last week that the archdiocese had "failed miserably at being open and transparent" and had kept some cases from the board.
"What Philadelphia does is reveal the flaws in the process," said Ann Barrett Doyle of the advocacy group BishopAccountability.org, which is compiling a public database of all records related to the scandal.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests said the study is useless for protecting children because the focus is on priests, not bishops. No bishops have been disciplined by the pope for keeping offenders in ministry without warning parents or police.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh, a spokeswoman for the bishops' conference, said the bishops fully cooperated with the $1.8 million study, which was funded by the bishops, foundations and a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
"John Jay was chosen to do the study because of its independence from the church," Walsh said. "John Jay was free to consult whomever they wanted and they did so."
H/t CDL and Stella Borealis. Link to article, here.
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