Don Minutella Challenges Clergy to a Theological Joust

Edit: Dons Quixote and Minutella are far more admirable than shills like John Allen and most of the Italian senior clergy.

ROME – In Cervantes’ famed novel Don Quixote, the lead character is a deluded noble who imagines himself a knight and lives in a chivalric world of his own imagination. The story has proved so popular it’s even given us a word, “quixotic,” to mean someone who’s unrealistic, impractical, driven by unattainable ideals.

If Cervantes were alive today and living in Italy, he wouldn’t need to dream up such a figure. All he’d probably need to do is to follow around Father Alessandro Maria Minutella.

Minutella, who’ll turn 47 in September, is a Sicilian priest who was declared excommunicated latae santentiae by Cardinal Corrado Lorefice of Palermo in 2017, for the crimes of “heresy and schism.” He’s a fierce traditionalist who now aspires to lead what he calls the “Catholic resistance,” forming a “small remnant” who spurn the “false Bergoglian church” (a reference to Pope Francis’s given name) and declare their allegiance to Pope Benedict XVI (who, of course, has never solicited such a following.)

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Looks Bad for Peddler of Maudlin Fake Catholic Ditties GIA as Sex Abuse Claims Mount Against Degenerate Folk Singer

Edit: make Catholic music more relevant they said! The “investigation” by GIA should read damage control. Why is everyone shocked that a lisping, ugly, third tier folk singer is a sexual predator, especially in a Conciliar free-to-be you and me context?

Garrison Keillor anyone? 

These people are scum, and so is GIA.

[Fishwrap] As allegations of serial sexual misconduct against Catholic composer David Haas continue to mount, a leading supplier of sacred music has vowed an investigation into how one of the church's best selling musicians' record of predatory behavior avoided scrutiny and accountability.

GIA Publications, which distributed the Gatherhymnals that included some of Haas' best known works, told NCR in a statement that "a third-party assessment will create a strong survivor-centered structure to report incidents of alleged harassment or abuse."

"In addition to the assessment, we are in the process of establishing a Code of Conduct for all composers and authors we publish," said Kate Williams, senior managing editor of GIA Publications. "These changes will facilitate the community's ability to take prompt action in response to reports of behavioral misconduct."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/catholic-music-publisher-vows-investigation-haas-allegations-mount

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Tom “P3do” Hanks Becomes Greek Citizen

Edit: makes sense if there's no extradition treaty. Why not France? Roman Polanski hid out there for years and is still hiding there today after drugging and raping a 13 year old girl.

Greece has an extradition treaty, but maybe there is another angle!
 

(CNN)Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have a special reason to celebrate this week: they're both officially Greek citizens.

In a picture posted on social media by the country's prime minister, the two proudly hold up their brand new passports.

The couple and their children became honorary Greek citizens last year -- after officials highlighted Hanks' role in helping raise awareness about the 2018 fires that devastated areas near Athens and claimed the lives of more than 100 people.

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Bishops Are Desperately Trying to Defend Vatican II

New Fake Group Wants to Co-opt American Youth — Bill Kristol Creations INC

Edit: as Nick Fuentes said early on in his podcast, quoting Sloppy Steve Bannon, these people look like they’re made in a petri dish. They claim to represent values important to conservative Gen Zers, like a concern about the populism of a hijacked Republican Party, including diverse voices and support for Black Lives Matter.

Sounds like they’re being spoon fed by Alan Keyes’ buddy, Bill Kristol and his Lincoln Project.

See the discussion about this group starting at 59:00.

A group of young Republicans with Massachusetts roots have formed Gen Z GOP. From left, Ryan Doucette, Mike Brodo, John Olds and Samuel Garber. Courtesy photo

[Boston Herald] The organizers of a young Republican group who oppose President Trump say they want to build the GOP of the future by staying away from “unproductive discourse” and providing a better alternative to the left.

Called Gen Z GOP, the nationally focused group with Massachusetts roots officially launched over the weekend with a social media video that lays out a vision for a new Republican Party that attracts the newest generation of voters.

The group “vehemently opposes” a lot of what the left stands for today, said Samuel Garber, a freshman at Bates College.

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Thug Gordon wanted to appear professional?

https://youtu.be/xR_e9jcGnv0?t=1440

https://youtu.be/tbad22CKlB4?t=30

What brand of lipgloss does Thug use?

10 Arabs Arrested for Drugging and Raping Women in Nightclubs — Serious Talks About Deportation

[EU Times]  German regional court on Thursday handed jail sentences of up to five and a half years to members of a group of men accused of jointly raping an 18-year-old woman in the southern city of Freiburg in October 2018.

The longest jail sentence was given by the Freiburg court to the main perpetrator of the crime, while seven men received prison sentences of between three and four years.

Two accused received suspended jail sentences of four and six months, respectively, for their failure to render assistance to the victim. One man was found not guilty of involvement in the rape.

https://www.eutimes.net/2020/07/ten-arabs-convicted-of-drugging-and-gang-raping-german-girl-outside-nightclub/

From Deutsche Welle.

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Anarcho-Marxists Murder Black Trump Supporter

Edit: here he is speaking just before he died.

Bill Kristol's old roommate interviews Thug Gordon

Will either Never-Trumper ever admit they were wrong?
 

 NB: Gordon dropped the word instantiate in the first minute.

All of Your Politicians Are Corrupt and Controlled by a Foreign Power

Edit: thanks to a reader for this. These revelations tell us a lot about who really controls America and how they view us.

  

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Vatican Functionary Accused of Being Aberrosexual

[Gloria.tv] Last week, Eichstätt Bishop Gregor Hanke, Germany, sent a monk, a former prosecutor, to Rome to inquire about Eichstätt Monsignor Christoph Kühn, 57.

While he was working in the Vatican, Kühn is accused of having “homosexually assaulted” and bullied adult collaborators, who, by the way, could easily have defended themselves.

The information was published by the German fake-news Bild.de which was fed by Alexander Stevens, the lawyer of one of the anonymous “victims”. It’s a common practice of lawyers to use the media in order to push for their side of the story.

Stevens’ client, a priest, makes the unlikely claim that the assaults caused in him depression and psychological problems and made his mother attempt suicide.

Kühn worked in nunciatures in Simbabwe and Zambia before becoming the head of the German-speaking section in the Secretary of State (2001-2008).

From there he was - for obvious reasons - demoted to collaborator of the nunciature in Vienna, Austria (2008-2012), before being further demoted and made a canon of the cathedral chapter in Eichstätt, his home diocese. In May 2019 he was granted a leave from all his functions.

According to Bild.de, Archbishop Viganò who has been the personnel officer in the Secretary of State, presented a four-page-testimony to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding the case.

Kühn’s homosexual adventures were never a mystery and well known far beyond the Vatican. However, in today’s Church, priests are punished for standing up for the Faith and liturgy, not for promoting immorality and heresy.

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Minnesota Jesuit Retreat Director Accused of Sexual abuse

Edit: he's a big Liberation Theology promoter.

Fr. Patrick McCorkell, SJ has been suspended from public ministry pending the outcome of an investigation by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

In May of this year, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis received a report from an adult woman that she had been involved in a sexual relationship with with a priest that was psychologically and emotionally abusive.  The Archdiocese reported the incident to local law enforcement and an official investigation is now underway.  Below is a letter issued by Provincial of the Midwest Jesuits explaining the situation.

https://www.complicitclergy.com/2020/07/23/director-of-minnesota-jesuit-retreat-house-accused-of-sexual-abuse/

Voris Disparages Opus Dei — New Perspective?

Edit: Stop Voris found this youtube video interview between Patrick Coffin and Michael Voris.  Coffin asks Voris what he thinks of Opus and Voris claims he has no connection with them. He even disparages Opus and admits he did receive a donation from an Opus member, but no big whoop.  Voris. Sure, someone gives a substantial donation and they have no influence,
do they?

I got this from Randy Engel not long after she became aware of the video:

Hi Everyone – I was not acquainted with Mr. Coffin or his show prior to seeing this video so I had no biases either way.

Although Coffin said he wasn’t associated with Opus, this isn’t exactly true. First, Coffin worked with Catholic Answers which has strong Opus connections. He said he was not a member in any form, but attended OD Hours of Recollection. In any case, Coffin is openly pro-Opus. 

 I mention this because I think when Coffin brought up Opus, he was expecting to have Michael also comment favorably which is, happily,  not the case. 

Happy viewing, Randy 

PS Also of interest are the comments in favor of Bishop Sheen late in the video. Sheen denied Genesis and believed that Teilhard de Chardin should be up for sainthood. Good grief!

Voris comments on Opus begin at 15:40.

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German Tax-Church Receives Record Income As Catholics Defect

CNA Staff, Jul 20, 2020 / 07:15 am MT (CNA).- The Church in Germany received more money in church tax than ever before in 2019 despite losing a record number of members.

According to official figures released Monday, the German Church received 6.76 billion euros ($7.75 billion) in 2019. 

This represents a increase of more than 100 million euros ($115 million)  compared to 2018, when the Church gained 6.64 billion euros from the tax. The rise is believed to be due to the growth of Germany’s economy in 2019.

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Holy Skojek and Comrades Closing Church on Easter for Violating Covid Restrictions 2021

Link... 

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Proper Masking Proves The Real Threat of Covid

H/t: Robert Semrad for this one. It shows a proper understanding of this threat. I thought it was Hugh Mongous, but it’s not him. 

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Who gets away with this?

What the ___ happened to Arturo Vasquez?

He used to be a reliable traditionalist Catholic, before it was cool to be one.  The way he would go after Mark Shea, Scott Hahn, and Fr. Dwight Longenecker was quite admirable and very clever.

What is he doing now?

Arturo's blog is here

Is this a classic case of Perenialism of which even Dr. John Rao was accused?   Those of us who have been on traditionalist mailing lists for a while probably recall Larry's Books.  Fifteen to twenty years ago, he was selling a strange mix of books on topics pertaining to Naziism, German Militaria, Hinduism, and Traditional Catholicism.

Bayside and Mormonism. Is there a connection?

One of the messages of Bayside, and later "Father" Andrew Wingate, is that, in his darkest hour, George Washington was shown a film, if you will, of the history of the republic that he would be instrumental in founding. Turns out, many Mormons hold for the same fantasy with a few distinctions. In the version peddled by Veronica Lüken and Fr. Wingate, it is the Blessed Mother who brings this vision to George Washington.  For the Mormons, it's even stranger...

Is 2020 the Traditional Catholic Moment?

If so, we'll have Francis to thank for clarifying things by shutting down the comfortable middle ground.



       Exhibit 1:    

     Exhibit 2:
 
  Exhibit 3:

 Wait a second. The question Taylor Marshall needs to ask (assuming he doesn't already know the answer): Why, if I'm telling the truth, aren't my videos being pulled off of YouTube??