Power Struggle in New Knights or Malta

Grand Chancellor of Boeselager and Pope Francis want to give the Order of Malta a new constitution, but they do not want the same.

Will there be a showdown in the Sovereign Order of Malta between the Special Representative of the Pope, Cardinal Silvano Tomasi and Grand Chancellor Albrecht von Boeselager, who does not want to accept the changes to the constitutions of the Order prepared by the Tomasi Commission? At the end of February, Pope Francis will intervene directly and bring about a decision, as he himself announced.

"I will not get rid of the spirits I called," Goethe has the sorcerer's apprentice say. Grand Chancellor Boeselager seems to be in a comparable situation. In December 2016, he called on the Holy See to help him assert himself against the then Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra Matthew Festing. With Pope Francis behind him, this also succeeded. It was not Boeselager who had to vacate his chair as head of government of the Order of Malta, but Fra Festing that of the Grand Master. Last November 12, Fra Festing, who was elected as the 79th Grand Master for life, passed away.

More than five years have passed since those dramatic moments and Boeselager is once again standing with his back to the wall, only with the difference that it is now the Holy See to which the Grand Chancellor had opened the gates of the Order at that time, which drives him into a corner.

The Showdown in the Order of Malta could be imminent. At the end of February, if it stays that way, there will be a meeting with all those involved in a conflict that threatens to tear apart one of the oldest institutions of civilization. The Order of Malta will celebrate its thousandth anniversary in a few years' time.

The meeting is to take place in the presence of Pope Francis. The Pope is more determined than ever, it is said, to intervene personally to settle the disputes over the reform of the Order's constitution once and for all. However, the matter is not that simple. The Holy See, called by Boeselager in 2016, rushed to this friend's aid. But now that Francis and his followers were in the Order of Malta, the weights began to shift, and yesterday's friend is no longer necessarily today's friend. New "friends" now have a say in the Order, who are closer to Francis than Boeselager.

Yesterday's friend ...

Last October 25, Francis wrote a letter to Cardinal Silvano Tomasi in which he assured his special representatives of full papal support. The Vatican professional diplomat, who was a permanent observer of the Holy See at the UN and the WHO in Geneva until 2016, is said to have been on the verge of losing face in recent months due to Boeselager's resistance despite his diplomatic experience.

When Grand Master Festing confronted his Grand Chancellor about his activities, everything seemed to be lost for the German Baron. But his good contacts with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and the then substitute in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Msgr. Angelo Becciu, paid off. Boeselager achieved what he wanted: not only did he get back his office as Grand Chancellor, but Pope Francis also cleared his opponent, Grand Master Festing, out of the way for him. Boeselager appeared to be the new lord of the Order of Malta in February 2017.

Under Becciu, who was appointed by Francis as the first special envoy, the relationship also went quite well. But Becciu crashed in 2020 over the purchase of luxury real estate in London. Msgr. Silvano Tomasi took his place as Special Representative to the Order of Malta. In 2017, the Pope had appointed the diplomat as delegate secretary of the newly established, but rather ominous, Dicastery for the Integral Development of Man. A few weeks after his appointment as special envoy, Francis also created him a cardinal. Tomasi is not Boeselager's man, but the Pope

Tomasi intervened much more intensively in the new version of the religious constitutions and himself chaired the commission, which had to prepare a corresponding draft. Grand Chancellor Boeselager is largely powerless against the cardinal. Not only because Tomasi is the Pope's special envoy, but also because Tomasi was a member of the five-member commission of inquiry that Cardinal Secretary of State Parolin set up in December 2016 to investigate Grand Master Festing's accusations against Boeselager. This commission attested to the German Baron's guiltlessness in no time at all. At the end of January 2017, Francis also took the report as an opportunity to demand the resignation of the Grand Master. A scandal from which the Order has not yet recovered internally.

In other words, Tomasi rescued Boeselager from the Bredouille. Exactly he, to whom the Grand Chancellor owes a lot, is now sitting with his neck in a sling. Tomasi, however, is much more interwoven in the matter, not only as today's special representative and as a member of the then commission of inquiry. Tomasi is also associated with the Caritas Pro Vitae Gradu Charitable Trust (CPVG), where 30 million Swiss francs are parked, which are said to have been donated to the Order, but whose provenance Grand Master Festing doubted. This was one of the points of contention that led to Boeselager's dismissal as Grand Chancellor at the beginning of December 2016. And it was the reason why Grand Master Festing accused the Vatican Commission of Inquiry of bias when he learned of its establishment. However, the Vatican was not interested in these "details". Or were they even very interested?

The booklet of action

In the meantime, Boeselager had to realize that Cardinal Tomasi, who does not belong to the Order, took the reins of action out of his hands. In the course of the elaboration of the draft for the new constitutions, the sparks flew repeatedly. Finally, Boeselager set up a kind of shadow commission to draw up its own draft for the order's reform. At the end of January, Boeselager assured in an internal letter that he did not want to convert the Order into an NGO. This accusation had already been made of him by Fra Festing, because of some cooperation with UN agencies, which the then Grand Master disapproved.

At the same time, Boeselager entrusted the chairman of the Lebanese Religious Association, Marwan Sehnaoui, with the chairmanship of the Shadow Commission and declared him the sole authorized communicator in connection with the order's reform. However, Cardinal Tomasi claims this right for himself and had expressly confirmed in Pope Francis' letter of 25 October 2021 as "sole spokesman for everything concerning relations between the Apostolic See and the Order".

Like Tomasi, Marwan Sehnaoui was not only a member of the Vatican Commission of Inquiry into the Rescue of Boeselager's Honour, but, like the two aforementioned, is also associated with the Swiss millions. Obviously, they are no longer completely friendly with each other. The fault line today runs between those who belong to the Order and those who do not belong to it.

The tug-of-war

The tug-of-war has continued since Tomasi was appointed special envoy. On January 29, "a representative group of the Order of Malta" was received by the Pope "together with the special envoy's working group," as Boeselager emphasized within the Order. In the daily bulletin of the Vatican Press Office, however, only one audience for Cardinal Tomasi and Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda was reported. With such subtleties, the Holy See communicates who is the contact person for it – and who is not.

Since then, the Grand Chancellor has had to row with what his powers give him, because he not only has to pursue his plans for the Order, but also has to defend himself against a new, powerful opponent, Cardinal Tomasi, who has the Vatican behind him. Boeselager is also not without controversy within the order. One part carries the fall of Grand Master Festing after him and waits only for an opportunity. In addition, there are widespread concerns that the Order should be converted into an NGO, although an NGO de luxe, since it is endowed with diplomatic immunity, but at least an NGO. However, this could not do justice to the Order's thousand-year-old legacy, certainly not to its charism.

Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a Jesuit and jurist, rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University until 2010, already "visually" represents a serious blemish in the current process in the Order of Malta. Ghirlanda enjoys the absolute trust of Pope Francis and is used by him in delicate and important matters. Where Fr. Ghirlanda is deployed, an order or community is under provisional administration and a "process of renewal" supervised by the Holy See is imposed. In this sense, Ghirlanda was already in use with the Legionaries of Christ, with the Sodalitium Vitae Cristianae ... and now also with the Order of Malta. Within the Order, one tries to downplay this aspect, but really no Knight of the Order is comfortable. Ghirlanda's participation makes it clear that Pope Francis wants to have a say, that is, to decide, and thus applies what admonishing voices had already said at the beginning of 2017: Boeselager had sacrificed the sovereignty of the Order in order to save his post.

Pope Francis is not one voice among several that can be overheard or overruled in case of doubt. Boeselager has now become all too clear about this. He had to learn that Fr. Ghirlanda was acting as the spearhead of the Special Representative. The excellent lawyer is the author of the draft for the new constitutions prepared by the Tomasi Commission.

Centralization according to Santa Marta

The draft provides for a tight centralization in the life and management of the Order. This thinking corresponds to that of Francis, which he knows from the Jesuit order. However, it does not correspond to the essence of the Order of Malta. In the Order and also in the Vatican, some believe that Boeselager is weakening. Will the German baron seek a compromise, which could only be a submission in order to save for himself what can be saved?

Boeselager, who found such willing support in the Vatican Secretariat of State in December 2016, currently finds only closed doors there. At the audience on January 29, Francis had announced that he would intervene personally. He requested that all activities relating to the new constitutions be suspended until the end of February. Cardinal Tomasi's commission acquiesced to this, but the Sahnaoui Commission did not. On February 2, a meeting on the reform of the Order is said to have taken place in Rome under the chairmanship of Peter Szabadhegy, Boeselager's deputy in the Order's government and one of his confidants, without the papal special representative being informed.

The matter quickly became known and reported by those in Cardinal Tomasi who are interested in driving the wedge deeper.

Against this background, the Order is increasingly eagerly awaiting the date announced by Francis for the end of February, on which he himself wants to intervene. In the Order itself, in the various "tongues" and associations, regardless of whether they belong to the "German" or "English" camp, the desire is louder that the Order should decide its affairs sovereignly, i.e. independently and without interference from outside. But the spirits that have been called cannot be rid of.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: MiL

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.Com

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Epstein Pimp Found Hanged

[Guardian] The former boss of a French model agency accused of rape and under investigation on suspicion of supplying underage girls to the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in prison.

The body of Jean-Luc Brunel, 75, was reportedly found hanging in his cell in the early hours of Saturday. The French prosecutors’ office confirmed the report and said an inquiry had been opened into the exact cause of death, but early indications pointed to suicide.

Brunel was arrested in December 2020 at Charles de Gaulle airport before boarding a plane for Dakar in Senegal where he told police he was going on holiday.

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German Interviewer Collapses on TV Presenting Need for Death Vaxx

Edit: there are quite a few of these journos and death vaxx shillers collapsing on TV.

 A German TV interviewer fainted during a newscast just seconds after she pushed for mandatory vaccinations.

[Info Wars] The incident happened Tuesday during a live on-air N-TV news broadcast while reporter Clara Pfeffer was interviewing politician Sepp Müller.

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Cardinal Duka Calls out Evil Cardinal Marx

Cardinal Dominik Duka accuses Cardinal Marx of apparently defaming Pope Benedict XVI..

(Munich/Prague) The Czech bishops are jumping to Benedict XVI's side to protect him because the German bishops are obviously unable or unwilling to do so. Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague, defends Benedict XVI. in an open letter against the dirt bucket campaign that is underway in Germany against the former head of the Church. At the same time, he accuses Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the incumbent Archbishop of Munich and Freising, "of having defamed and tarnished his reputation".

The heckling from Prague shook the bishop's palaces in Munich and Limburg like thunder. Cardinal Duka, the primate of Bohemia, reads his German brothers the riot act in an open letter. Even more: He practices devastating criticism of one of the most powerful bishops in Europe.

The report with which Benedict XVI. is "unjustly slandered and hurt," as far as is now clear, is not worth the paper it is printed on. This report "probably cost hundreds of thousands of euros," said Cardinal Duka. The words weigh as heavy as lead: The Czech cardinal says frankly that apparently a lot of money was paid to drag Benedict XVI. through the dirt.

Cardinal Duka, persecuted by the Communists, knows how directed discrediting campaigns work. The Munich lawyers who prepared the report were unfair to Benedict XVI. because, as the cardinal implies, they apparently already had the intention of pillorying the former pope. The motivation remains unclear for the time being. Cardinal Duka ignores it. Do the lawyers just want to attract attention in a cheap way, make themselves important? One thing is certain, according to Duka: "No evidence" was presented, only an "opinion" was given.

The canon lawyer Stefan Mückl, who in the course of the dirt bucket campaign against Benedict XVI.  explored the allegations made in detail, meanwhile, came to a clear conclusion: More than 40 years ago, the then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, had "no knowledge of the criminal acts of these priests", contrary to the assumption in the Munich report.

Specifically, there are four cases. The report scandalized the fact that the archbishop at the time knew about the cases but did nothing to counteract them. "But it's not true. He didn't know what these priests did," said Mückl after studying the files.

Monsignor Bätzing, Bishop of Limburg and President of the German Bishops' Conference, plays an opaque role in the matter. In any case, he did nothing to improve and defend the reputation of Benedict XVI. On the contrary, after the publication of the dubious allegations by the Munich report, he was ready to join the chorus of critics of Benedict. Cardinal Duka does not mention Bätzing by name, but the head of the German bishops is also washed with it. 

Far more serious is the accusation that Cardinal Duka makes against Cardinal Marx. Marx, former President of the German Bishops' Conference and representative of Europe in the Council of Cardinals, which advises Pope Francis in the governance of the universal Church, was guilty of "defamation", the defamation of his predecessor as Archbishop of Munich and Freising and later Pope Benedict XVI.

Cardinal Marx, who has twice offered his resignation to Pope Francis in connection with the cases of sexual abuse by clerics, albeit only pro forma, is standing in front of a pile of rubble. Cardinal Duka's accusation weighs heavily: the Archbishop of Prague says that Cardinal Marx has lost his credibility.

It really is time for Marx to resign.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image : Wikicommons

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Will Another Jesuit Follow Bergoglio?

The cardinal creation of Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, Archbishop of Luxembourg and President of COMECE.

Pope Francis wants to set the course for his successor so closely that the conclave cannot help but elect one of his crown princes. There are several of them, since the Argentine Pope is clear and unequivocal in his objectives, but also erratic and capricious due to his character. That's why new names keep popping up in his favor, while others don't resign because of it. Despite all the imponderables of a conclave, he not only wants to expand the circle of those who are committed to him but apparently also increase the chances of success. The Vaticanist Sandro Magister recently drew attention to a new name in papal favor.

“On the list of cardinals Francis would like to see succeed him, a new name has quickly jumped to the top. It is Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg.”

Cardinal Hollerich would combine characteristics of the two very different recent popes in a remarkable way. He comes like Benedict XVI. from the German-speaking area and, like Francis, is a Jesuit.

However, the latter is also the main obstacle, which a priori speaks more against than for him as a promising candidate. While Magister considers this hurdle “not necessarily insurmountable”, it is very unlikely that the papal electors will put two Jesuits in a row on the throne of Peter. Overall, Magister's assessment seems a bit too benevolent, but the punchline follows at the end. Let's hear the Vaticanist himself.

The Missionary from Japan

Hollerich's "only limitations would be his relatively young age, 64, and that he is a Jesuit. But these limitations are not necessarily insurmountable." 

"In terms of age, Hollerich is just a year away from the other frontrunner dear to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Prefect of Propaganda Fide, and six years, so not much, from the most recognized of the alternative candidates, the Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdö, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest. And as for his membership of the Society of Jesus, he has hitherto shown the best and least partisan sides of it, the most fascinating, especially for those twenty-seven years of missionary work in Japan, at the very frontiers of the faith.

Magister attests Cardinal Hollerich to speak “with a seriousness and depth that distinguishes him from the mediocre depth of most of the cardinals appointed by Pope Francis”.

The Luxembourger studied at the Jesuit University in Frankfurt am Main and in Munich, speaks several languages, including Japanese, and taught for a long time at the renowned Sophia University in Tokyo. According to Magister, this university has nothing to do with the university of the same name, founded in 2008 by Chiara Lubich and her Focolare Movement in Loppiano, according to Hollerich's official biography on the Vatican website, which is incorrectly stated.

The Jesuit worked in Japan until Pope Benedict XVI. returned to Europe in 2011 by appointing him archbishop of his homeland. As the seat of various EU institutions and as a mediator between the two core countries of the EU, the Federal Republic of Germany and France or the corresponding language areas, the small Grand Duchy of Luxembourg plays an important hinge function, which is usually exercised discreetly and in the interests of the supranational unification process.

Hollerich's rise

This was also taken into account in the Church by electing Hollerich in 2018 to chair the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community ( COMECE), which is composed of the delegated bishops of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union. The Church has little weight in the current EU and seems to have largely resigned itself to playing an extra role. A rather rare exception was Hollerich's criticism against French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to include a "right to abortion" in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Macron made the corresponding move on January 19 in his speech to the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, with which he took over the French EU presidency.

Macron's initiative, which can hardly be surpassed in terms of cruelty and impudence, illustrated the state of affairs in the EU. With the icy coolness of the technocrat, who had never stood for election until the time when he was nominated in backrooms as a presidential candidate, he openly and publicly demanded that the killing of innocent people be made a "fundamental right" and "European value". Even more outrageous is the fact that MEPs sat idly by and listened to this incredible blunder.

Hollerich's objection came late and quietly, but it came nonetheless. He accused the Frenchman of "ideological guidelines" and expressed his "deep concern". As COMECE President, the cardinal spoke of an "unjust law without any ethical basis, which would lead to constant conflicts between the citizens of the EU". Human dignity is a core value of the EU. We are aware of the "tragedy and complexity" of the situation of women who are considering having an abortion. “Women in need should not be left alone, nor should the unborn child’s right to life be disregarded. Both must be given all the help and support they need.”

The Leap Forward

Hollerich stepped into the front row in the church when Pope Francis created him a cardinal in 2019. Since Francis follows idiosyncratic criteria when selecting those who wear purple, Hollerich's elevation to the rank of cardinal is to be seen as a special sign of favor. The Luxemburger is one of four Jesuits who were appointed to the Church senate by the Jesuit on the papal throne.

Cardinal Hollerich (*1958)

Hollerich had first taken over the leadership of the church in his homeland, then a leading position at the EU level, and now he has stepped onto the global stage. An apparently unstoppable rise. On July 8, 2021, Francis appointed him General Rapporteur of the multi-year Synod of Bishops on Synodality. The concept of synodality plays a central role for the reigning pope, and he made Hollerich the standard-bearer of this synodality, under the auspices of which Francis wants to transform the Church.

 

The role of the reporter general does not have to be given as much weight as Magister does, but Hollerich's appointment is nevertheless a signal: "Compared to Francis, who always remains indecipherable even when he opens up space for new solutions, Hollerich stands out with greater clarity.”

What is essential about Magister's analysis is that it shows Hollerich's positions, which he has made in several recent interviews. Magister writes:

 

“In recent weeks he has given lengthy interviews in which, apparently with intuitive approval from above, he has made clear directions that the pope does not wish to articulate in his own words, which is certainly linked to the wave of extreme demands now being poured out by the almost schismatic synodal path in Germany.”

 

Magister evaluated the three interviews that Cardinal Hollerich gave to the daily newspaper of the French bishops La Croix, the Herder Correspondence, and the Catholic News Agency (KNA ). Its statements on the nine "challenges" of our time explain his meteoric rise.

1) Married priests

“I used to be a big advocate of celibacy for all priests, but today I wish there were 'viri probati' [Hapless old boomers, short on orthodoxy and long on professional accomplishments.] It's a deep desire. And yet it is a difficult path for the Church because it can be felt like a rupture. After the Synod on Amazonia, one of the reasons why the Pope did not allow viri probati could be that they were too strongly demanded and the Synod was too reduced to this issue. But I think we have to go in that direction, otherwise, we'll soon run out of priests. [BS, dioceses that promote the Catholic Faith don't have a shortage of priests.] In the long term, I can also imagine the path of orthodoxy, in which only the monks are obliged to be celibate.”

2) Priestesses

“It seems to me that the first problem is not whether or not women should become priests, but more importantly whether women have any real weight in the priesthood, which is common to all baptized and confirmed members of the people of God, and whether they in this way exercise the associated authority. Would that also mean preaching at Mass? I would say yes.

3) Deaconesses

"I wouldn't mind. But the reforms must be based on a stable foundation. If the Pope were to suddenly allow 'viri probati' and deaconesses, there would be a great danger of division. There is not only the situation in Germany, where maybe only a small part would break away. In Africa or in countries like France, many bishops would probably not participate.”

4) German Synod

“Sometimes I have the impression that the German bishops do not understand the Pope. The Pope is not liberal, he is radical. It is the radical nature of the Gospel that brings about change. I share Tomás Halik's attitude: we can't just talk about structural reforms, spirituality must also grow again. If it just reforms as a result of a conflict, things can quickly turn around. In this case, everything depends only on the greater influence of one group or another. That way we don’t get out of the vicious circle.”

5) Sexuality and abuse

“We need to change the way we look at sexuality. So far we have had a rather repressed view of it. Of course, it's not about telling people they can do anything, or getting rid of morality, but I think we have to say that sex is a gift from God. We know that, but are we saying it? I'm not sure. Some people attribute the increase in abuse to the sexual revolution. I think just the opposite: in my opinion, the most horrible things happened before the 1970s.”

6) homosexuality

“The Church's position that homosexual relationships are sinful is wrong. I believe that the sociological and scientific basis of this doctrine is no longer correct. It is time for a fundamental revision of the Church's teaching, and the way Pope Francis has spoken about homosexuality may lead to a doctrinal change. In the meantime, in our archdiocese in Luxembourg, no one is dismissed for being homosexual or for being divorced and remarried. I can't throw them out, they would be out of a job, and how can something like that be Christian? As for homosexual priests, there are many of them and it would be good if they could talk about it with their bishop without his condemning them.”

7) Intercommunion

“In Tokyo, I gave communion to everyone who came to Mass. I have never refused Communion to anyone. I have assumed that when a Protestant comes to Communion, he knows at least as well what Catholics mean by Communion as do other Catholics who go to Mass. But I would not concelebrate with an evangelical pastor. In Tokyo I got to know and appreciate Protestantism very well. But I attended one of their evening meals and was horrified when the remaining wine and bread were thrown away. That shook me a lot because as a Catholic I believe in the Real Presence.”

8) Latin Mass

“I like the Latin Mass, I find the texts very beautiful, especially the first canon. When I celebrate Mass in the chapel of my home, I sometimes choose a Latin prayer. But I wouldn't do that in a church. I know that the people there don't understand Latin and can't do anything with it. I have been asked to celebrate a Latin Mass in Antwerp according to the current rite. I will, but I wouldn't celebrate the old rite. That doesn't mean that others might not be able to do it in a good way. But I can not. In our language and in our imagination, the past is behind us and the future is ahead of us. In ancient Egypt, it was the other way around. The past was seen as something that lies ahead because we know and see it, while the future lies behind us because we do not know it. The Catholic Church still seems to me to have an Egyptian touch. But it doesn't work anymore. God opens up for the future. Some say that the fair used to be much nicer. But what form do they refer to? Mostly they imagine a certain past that is 'stylized' into a tradition. This is where Egyptian civilization ultimately failed. She was no longer able to change herself.” God opens up for the future. Some say that the Mass used to be much nicer. But what form do they refer to? Mostly they imagine a certain past that is 'stylized' into a tradition. This is where Egyptian civilization ultimately failed.”

9) abortion

“I know men and women, including those on the left, who identify as committed Christians fighting climate change, but vote in the European Parliament to make abortion a fundamental right and restrict doctors' freedom of conscience. They tend to confine their religious preferences to the private sphere. But in this case, it is no longer a religion but a personal belief. Religion needs a public space in which to express itself. For example, I am absolutely against abortion. And as a Christian, I cannot take any other position. But I also understand that it is about the dignity of women and that what we used to say against the abortion law is no longer audible today. What other actions can we take at this time? At this point, what else can we do to protect life? If discourse is no longer followed, you shouldn’t bite your teeth, but look for other ways.”

Smooth and progressive. Francis likes his politically correct brother Hollerich. Does that make him suitable for the papacy?

Magister's Notes

Aside from the fact that Hollerich says deaconesses but means female deacons, it would be interesting to know what he is referring to when he says that the "most horrible things" of sexual abuse happened before 1970, which his age and his choice of words make him not seem to have what I know from my own experience that the positions of the Jesuit cardinal are frighteningly clear. He proves to be a more liberal spirit – despite the fact that he is the same as Francis in terms of content. However, this does not predestine him as a candidate for the Petrine ministry.

On another point, the liturgical blessing of homosexual couples, "on which the German synod got into an uproar and Pope Francis himself showed signs of giving in", Hollerich, according to Magister, made "short work":

"I don't agree with marriage blessings, because we see marriage only as a bond between a man and a woman." 

However, Hollerich distances himself from something that is not (yet) demanded in this form even by the Church homosexual lobby. The man who, according to the Magister, formulates "with greater clarity" than Francis, also uses veiling means of dialectics.

According to the Vaticanist, Hollerich's vision of the Church also differs from the "hyper-democratic" view that the Limburg bishop and chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, Georg Bätzing, recently confirmed in an interview. But that doesn't seem so sure.

Magister doesn't mention it, but it fits the picture: Hollerich advised Cardinal Rainer Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne, in early February to resign. Such "advice" could already be heard from Munich. With Hollerich, Santa Marta is not far away.

“However, one unknown factor remains open. How long will Hollerich's reform guidelines, which consist of many yeses but also some nos, last if the disturbing proposals of the German synod in Rome meet the synod of the whole Church on synodality?

At a press conference on February 3, Bätzing said that after meeting Hollerich and Maltese Cardinal Mario Grech, general secretary of the synod of bishops, in Luxembourg, he was received in audience by Pope Francis, who advocated the establishment of a working group to reconcile the German synod with of the Synod of the Universal Church.

In the summary, Magister sounds devastating criticism: 

“Hollerich as a reform candidate for the papacy seems to promise a more straightforward and coherent path than the current shaky and contradictory pontificate. However, he is a banal echo of Bergoglio, even if he repeats the litany so important to the incumbent Pope: 'Even the shepherd does not always know the way and knows where to go. Sometimes it is the sheep who find the way and the shepherd who laboriously follows, step by step'.” 

Not to mention, according to Magister, the ruthless mockery of the Aristotelian principle of non-contradiction, in which Hollerich does not shy away from turning it into its opposite "with a touch of coloring à la japonaise" - like Pope Francis:

“I am a bishop who is from Japan and I think these experiences have given me a different perspective of thinking and judgement. Unlike the Europeans, the Japanese do not think in terms of the logic of opposites. When we say something is black, it means it's not white. The Japanese, on the other hand, say: 'It's white, but maybe also black'. In Japan, you can combine opposites without changing your point of view.”

 

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image : Vatican.va/MiL/La Croix (Screenshots)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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The Triumph of Pornotheology

 

The Neothomist Father Cornelio Fabro (1911-1995) was ordained in 1935 for the Stigmatine Order.  He held chairs of theoretical philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of history and philosophy.

 Last week, the criminal proceedings against two priests, Prof. Dariusz Oko and Prof. Johannes Stöhr, were to be heard before the Cologne district court.  It was then postponed by two months.  If convicted, the accused priests face three months to five years in prison for publishing a scientific article that shows the mechanisms by which homosexual networks in the Catholic Church sexually corrupt and exploit minors and adults.  They were reported for "incitement to hatred" by a Catholic priest who professes to be homosexual and who carried out "homo blessings" last year, including in a gay sauna, and who has played an inglorious role in the past because of his vice  .  In defense of Prof. Oko and Prof. Stöhr, a petition was initiated that says "No to the censorship of the word", because that's what it's all about: Voices that stand in the way of the spreading homo-heresy should be silenced.  Prof. Oko coined the term homo-heresy to designate the double phenomenon of homosexual cliques in the Church, who cover for each other and get jobs and at the same time work more or less in secret to change the Church’s teaching on homosexuality.  We are talking about the Church branch of the international gay lobby, which has received increasing support from the establishment and the mainstream since the 1980s as AIDS spread.  A few decades ago another priest coined the term pornotheology, which should be recalled in this context to show that the development goes back further.

Porntheology is a term coined by Father Cornelio Fabro, a stigmatist, to describe a particular progressive current that overthrew Catholic moral theology after Vatican II.  This phenomenon emerged in the early 1970s and has since infiltrated the teaching profession.  Against this background, the attacks on Benedict XVI can be understood.

The triumph of pornotheology

 by Stefano Fontana*

The editorial by Riccardo Cascioli, editor-in-chief of the Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, on the gay lobby as the matrix of the attacks against Benedict XVI.  makes it clear that this is, of course, a network of personal connections to ensure mutual cover and to combat common enemies in the church, but also theological positions promoted as a cover for one's aspirations and concrete actions.  The gay agenda consists of mutual favors among its members, but it also boasts theological justifications to bring about a change in church ethics to cover its behavior.

The internal support of the lobby is, therefore, also aimed at changing the official teaching of moral theology, for example by changing the text of the catechism on homosexual acts or reducing the adultery of remarried divorced people who live together more uxorio to a kind of accident on the path of discernment, and more.

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This approach, of which there are clear signs today not only among theologians but also in ecclesiastical authority and in the Magisterium of the Church, does not come out of nowhere, because the (theological) prerequisites for it were created more than fifty years ago.  In the early 1970s, the philosopher and stigmatist Father Cornelio Fabro spoke of a "pornotheology" practiced by "pornotheologists".  In his book The Adventure of Progressive Theology 1 he wrote that post-conciliar moral theology:

 "(...) landed in the dirt and legitimized the unbridled hedonism of the consumer-oriented bourgeoisie... all that remains is situational ethics, the morality of (psychological, sociological, political) compromises and one's own comfort".

These “porn theologians” have “placed themselves on the other side of the barricade, on that of hedonism and vulgarity”, they speak “with the utmost seriousness of the liberating function of Marxism and the most excessive Freudianism … they openly take sides against the chosen people, of believers" and "what used to be mud and moral misery is now considered the realization of personality".

"Pornotheology," said Father Fabro in an even more emphatic tone, "is the mockery and slander of the morality that has shaped and stamped the martyrs and saints."

These statements coincide with the denunciation of the "collapse of Catholic moral theology" that Benedict XVI.  in his note on sexual abuse of April 2019, and Cardinal Ratzinger's famous admonition in the Mass pro eligendo Pontifice of April 18, 2005, that so many in the Church are ready "to be tossed about by the gust of some doctrine...  to leave", under which nothing remains but "one's own ego and its desires".  This statement may have always been understood in a metaphorical sense, but in the light of Fabro's "Pornotheology" it becomes understandable in its literal sense.  Benedict XVI  will admit that Father Fabro was ahead of him: he foresaw everything long before him.

 

In 1973 P. Fabro coined the term “pornotheology”

Father Fabro wrote what I have just mentioned after two events that took place in the Church of those years: the meeting of Italian theologians in Ariccia in January 1971 and the publication of the Dizionario enciclopedico di teologia morale edited by L. Rossi and A. Valsecchi   (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Moral Theology) 1973 in the publishing house Paoline (Paulus-Sisters).  As we know, between the late 1960s and early 1970s, Catholic publishers were very busy unleashing a veritable editorial bombshell that was to lead to a new theological Kulturkampf within the Church.  In this bomb, the above two events are of great importance.  In the first the understanding of theology was changed, in the second that of moral theology.

At the Ariccia conference and in the 651 pages of the conference proceedings, theology was understood as anthropology.  Father Fabro writes:

“Revelation must be filtered, i.e.  mediated, reduced to the dimensions of human subjectivity and brought to a horizontal line... This means that the entire work of tradition and of the Magisterium must be purged".

He names Karl Rahner as the “main person responsible for the destruction”.  The editor of the conference proceedings was the Rahnerian Alfredo Marranzini SJ.

The new theologians change the method of theology.  They believe it is fundamental to convey revelation through the ages, and they believe that the Church  must enter the world and collaborate in the goals it has set for itself.  Until then, theology had been based on Sacred Scripture, Tradition, the teaching of the Fathers and Councils, and the infallible Magisterium of the Church.  The new theology is to be grounded in history, people, the plurality of human languages ​​and situations.  With the banishment of metaphysics, it must rely on hermeneutics.  For the Rahnerian Duilio Bonifazi (priest of the Archdiocese of Fermo) it must comprehend "being as time and time as being".  The choice of Heidegger could not have been more aptly formulated.  In Ariccia it was decided that the skeleton of theology should no longer be dogmatics, and indeed from that moment dogma began to enjoy poor health among theologians and in the seminaries.

The 1973 Encyclopedic Dictionary of Moral Theology applied this change to moral theology.  Enrico Chiavacci (priest of the Archdiocese of Florence), who until his death called for a revision of the Church's teaching on homosexuality, wrote in this dictionary in the entry "Natural Law" that "man's nature consists in having no nature".  This means that it has only one existence, or, to return to Boniface's formulation above, that it is essentially time, situations that flow from within them are mediated by conscience, the moral norm must be read again and again  , since it can neither claim to be definitively established nor to be expressed in absolute terms.

Since then, pornotheology has come a long way.

 *Stefano Fontana is director of the International Observatory Cardinal Van Thuan for the Social Doctrine of the Church and editor-in-chief of the church newspaper of the Archdiocese of Trieste.  Fontana received his doctorate in political philosophy with a thesis on political theology.  He taught Journalistic Deontology and History of Journalism at the University of Vicenza, since 2007 Philosophical Anthropology and Philosophy of Language at the University of Education (ISRE) in Venice.  Author of numerous books.  Recent include “La nuova Chiesa di Karl Rahner” (“The new Church of Karl Rahner. The theologian who taught surrender to the world”, Fede & Cultura, Verona 2017), together with Archbishop Paolo Crepaldi of Trieste “Le  chiavi della questione sociale” (“The keys to the social question. Common good and subsidiarity: the story of a misunderstanding”, Fede & Cultura, Verona 2019).

1. Cornelio Fabro: L'avventura della teologia progressista, Rusconi, Milan 1974, new edition: Ed.  Ivi, Segni 2016.

 Introduction/Translation: Giuseppe Nardi

 Image: NBQ

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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++Vigano Challenges Bergoglio and Military Archbishop— Conflict of Interest!

 Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former apostolic nuncio in the USA, and the Italian military bishop Santo Marcianò have exchanged blows in public in the past few days.  

Archbishop Viganò replied to the Military Ordinary the same day he sent a message of solidarity and his blessing to truck drivers protesting in Canada against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Corona measures.

 In a statement on January 31, the Italian military bishop attacked the critics of the Corona measures as “Corona deniers” and defended the so-called vaccination campaign, with which as many people as possible are to be injected with a genetically manipulating Covid preparation.  The military bishop's statement came against the background of ongoing protests against the introduction of compulsory vaccination.  Such a rule now applies in Austria to everyone over the age of 18 and in Italy to everyone over the age of 50.

 The criticism of compulsory vaccination is summed up in one sentence: there is no Corona pandemic and there has never been one, vaccination is not a vaccination but a gene therapy intervention that almost nobody needs, which is also ineffective but dangerous  .

 One of the best-known critics of the Corona measures is the former apostolic nuncio in the USA, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.  The former top diplomat revealed Pope Francis' involvement in the McCarrick case in 2018.  Military Bishop Marcianò did not name Archbishop Viganò in his January 31 statement, but meant him when he wrote of "a bishop" who made "conspiratorial statements" and called on the police "to disobey".

On February 8 Archbishop Viganò replied to his brother in the episcopate:

 "Once again, I state that the condemnation of 'extreme positions' is limited to a general assertion, without refuting it with scientifically and legally sound arguments."

The “great sense of responsibility” to which the military ordinary appeals, according to Archbishop Viganò, “assumes that Covid-19 is a serious disease and that the only way to contain the contagion is to use an experimental gene serum, mistakenly labeled as  'Vaccine' and otherwise does not protect against active or passive infection.  This serum, as has been amply confirmed by the testimonies of well-known scientists and the pharmaceutical companies themselves, is made from cell lines of aborted children and is therefore immoral.  In addition, other fetal material is needed for maintaining serum cultures and producing them in large quantities, according to wiretaps conducted by drug company executives.  By establishing these facts the note of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is superseded because it adds elements not known at the time.”

++Vigano’s Coat of Arms

Archbishop Viganò alludes to the note of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith "on the morality of the use of some vaccines against Covid-19" of December 21, 2020, published on the very day that gave the green light to the "vaccinations" when the EMA issued the first  Covid preparation granted provisional approval in the EU.  Already at that time there was criticism that the Church was serving secular power.

The note from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made three points: It gave the green light to the Covid injections by criticizing the use of aborted children to produce the genetically modified preparations, but declaring health to be a greater good.  The third aspect, on the other hand, is mostly suppressed, in primis by the bishops, for example the bishops' conferences of Austria, Italy or the Federal Republic of Germany: the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the same time stated that vaccination could not be compulsory.

Archbishop Viganò wrote to the military bishop, who defended compulsory vaccination and described criticism of the Corona measures as fake news:

"If the military ordinary thinks it's right, and it is that fake news needs to be refuted, the first thing he should do is examine the validity of his claims about the efficacy of the gene serum, which are based on incomplete tests (since testing of the drug won't start until next year  ends), tests conducted by pharmaceutical companies or drug agencies sponsored by them, whose officers often have a serious conflict of interest.  Also, the publications about clinical trials are paid for by the drug companies themselves, as are the 'scientists' conducting the trials.”

 State bodies that go beyond the already dubious and thoughtless recommendations and guidelines of the EMA and WHO are even more dubious.  According to Archbishop Viganò, this includes, for example, approving a third and even a fourth dose of the “vaccine”, although even the EMA advises against it.

 "The claim that vaccination is 'not just a duty but an 'act of love' is therefore fundamentally wrong, because the vaccinated serum is not a vaccine, is not effective, has short-term side effects that can be serious and even fatal, such as  confirm the VAERS data, and long-term effects that are still unknown.”

Pope Francis had described the attitude of critics of the Corona measures, who reject treatment with a genetically modified Covid preparation, as "suicidal negationism".  

Archbishop Viganò also draws attention to revelations linking Pope Francis to the pharmaceutical companies that make the mRNA serum:

"In recent weeks, journalistic research by a Catholic American newspaper has uncovered Bergoglio's repeated meetings with Pfizer's CEO, as well as Pfizer's and Moderna's sponsorship of Vatican meetings on the pandemic.  This serious conflict of interest by the Holy See deprives its pronouncements in favor of so-called vaccines of the necessary impartiality and demonstrates the extent of BigPharma's power over authorities and institutions worldwide, including the Holy See and almost the entire Catholic hierarchy.”

Pope Francis had described the attitude of critics of the Corona  measures, who reject treatment with a genetically modified Covid preparation, as "suicidal negationism".  The Military Bishop agreed with the Pope's opinion, which is why Archbishop Viganò replied:

 "So, if there is a 'negationist' attitude, it can be seen in the Holy See's pro-vaccine propaganda, citing evidence of their immorality because of the presence of aborted fetal lines and the effects of the genetic alterations affecting the serum in human  DNA of the vaccinated is deliberately covered up, its ineffectiveness denied and its dangers concealed.”

This is happening because the Holy See is clinging to the figures that are being disseminated by the official health authorities, but the reliability of which has to be called into question “by numerous pieces of evidence”.

In the face of “the deafening silence of the system media,” said Archbishop Viganò, “we would have expected an alarm call from the Church to give a voice to the 38,983 dead and 3,530,352 injured by the Covid vaccines registered by EudraVigilance.  Because it is about people, about people, with children, parents, relatives, friends, work, ambitions, who are seen as negligible victims on the altar of a common and absurd suicidal 'love act'.  In fact, we are at a point where human sacrifice is being justified in the name of a majority interest that is disturbingly reminiscent of the collectivism that reigns under the Chinese dictatorship.”

 The former top diplomat clarified his criticism:

 "Following Bergoglio's silence on human rights abuses and the persecution of Chinese Catholics loyal to the Church of Rome, the hierarchy is now conspicuously silent on the hellish plan of the Great Reset and the global expansion of communist China's social credit system."

 And further: 

“Any dissenting voice is systematically excluded and censored because of this network of approval and commercial interests.  The Military Ordinary's statement joins the chorus of conformism and willing submission to the system, limiting itself to dismissing as 'conspiratorial' any opposition, even when supported by official evidence.

In conclusion, Archbishop Viganò made a serious accusation:

 “The words of Msgr. Marcianò confirm the existence of a Deep Church that is in bondage to the Deep State.  Even if they completely misrepresent the content of my statements, the members of the armed forces and police will understand that the sole concern of their Ordinary is not to protect their health, much less their eternal salvation, but to slavishly obey the orders of the globalist oligarchy  obey, whom Bergoglio, what a coincidence, considers one of her best allies.  That should be enough to form your own opinion on the matter.

 Text: Giuseppe Nardi

 Image: MiL/CMV

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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