In What Year Did Herod Die?

Luke was right after all.

by Ruggero Sangalli

One of the frequently quoted historical reference points for chronologicalizing the events reported in the Gospel concerns the year of the death of King Herod the Great: the year 4 BC, at least according to many authors.

Herod the Great

This year we owe to the writings of Flavius ​​Josephus, who, however, never expressly names them. It is derived from the reigns of Archelaus, Philippos and Antipas, the heirs of Herod. But Flavius ​​Josephus himself provides at least a dozen clues that contradict and render the year useless as Herod's year of death. For example, it was not uncommon to reckon with the successor's reigning years as well as the time when the office was held, but the old king was still alive.

Amazingly, many writers today write that "Herod certainly died in the year 4 BC." They do so with such confidence in Flavius ​​Josephus that they simply ignore many other of his statements, which are much more precise. Flavius ​​Josephus wrote that Herod died at the age of seventy. Similarly, at the age of just 15, Herod was appointed by his father Antipater to be the administrator of Galilee, after he had come to power from Pompey, after the Romans conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC.

We also know that at the time of the Battle of Actium, in September 31 BC, Herod was in the seventh year of his kingship. According to Jewish Antiquities, his reign lasted 37 years, 30 to 31 years after the Battle of Actium. We know that Herod, in the eighteenth year of his reign, after the visit of Emperor Augustus to Syria, for which the Roman historians handed down to us the year 19 BC, resolved to rebuild the temple (the 15th year of his reign, according to the records) in the History of the Jewish War , in which Herod's reign is given as 34 years). In short, in the year 4 BC, Herod was still alive.

Astronomy gives justice to the Evangelist Luke

Astronomy is also in this case an effective tool for determining the timing of historical events. It provides both Flavius ​​Josephus as a historian, and Luke as an evangelist justice, but to the detriment of many modern authors. Flavius ​​Josephus wrote that Herod died about two weeks after a spectacular lunar eclipse and that his funeral took place before the subsequent Jewish Passover. The records of NASA allow us to calculate the exact date of the lunar eclipses of that time and eliminate those that were invisible in Palestine.

Those who insist that Herod died in the year 4 BC look at the darkness of March 13 (according to the Julian calendar) of that year. At that time the 14th Nisan fell on the 12th of April, so 29 days later. After all, however, what Flavius ​​Josephus reports for that period, the time span is too short to be that date. An often overlooked detail: the 13th of March would have been the 14th Adar, a feast day (Purim) associated with the 13th Adar, the day of Nicanor, a feast day since the times of the Maccabees.

Flavius ​​Josephus testifies that just a few days before, two rabbis had instigated an anti-Roman uprising, destroying the gilded eagle that Herod had placed on the outside of the Jerusalem temple. For security reasons, Herodes preferred to bring the two rabbis outside Jericho to Jerusalem, where he was in the spa to heal his physical ailments. He had them burned alive on the very day of darkness ( Jewish Antiquities , chapter XXVII).

Flavius ​​Josephus, The Jewish War

Considering the great respect of the Jews for holy days, which Herod always kept disparaging, but no court could have been found, not even an unlawful one, to pass a verdict on a religious feast (Est 9,17--18), let alone against two well-known rabbis. The entire population would have been scandalized about it. However, Flavius ​​Josephus reported that it was not just any court, but the Highest Court of the Jews, the right-wingers par excellence. He also recalled that Archelaos (co-regent of Antipas and Philippos since the year 4 BC), because of the persistent criticism of the judgment, expressly justified that it was done "in accordance with the law." Even with Jesus, the "law" endeavored to accelerate his execution so that no feast day would be profaned.

The 14th Adar may not have been the date of the lunar eclipse and therefore it is not the year 4 BC that interests us. Herod, an Idumaean, would not have had two rabbis burned on a day when Haman was burned according to the ancient tradition of the Purim festival.

 
If there are any doubts: Flavius ​​Josephus lists for the period after this "impossible execution" and before the Passover, a series of events that occurred before Herod's death (which occurred about two weeks after the lunar eclipse). However, the dates are incompatible with the few missing days until the 14th Nisan.

So it must have been another lunar eclipse. According to NASA directory, two especially would be in question. The first occurred on the 10th of January of the year 1 before Christ, the second on the 29th of December of the same year. In both cases there would be sufficient time to accommodate all the events that Flavius ​​Josephus mentions between the darkness and the subsequent Passover. A Jewish document, Megillat Taanith, which dates back to the destruction of the temple in the year 70 AD, has been handed down to us. The scrolls contain a list of Jewish festivals. In it are two dates without further information, on which it was forbidden not to celebrate: one is the 7th Kislev, the other of the 2 Shevat.

M. Moise Schwab, through a detailed and intricate study in the 2nd Shevat, pinpointed the death of Herod, exactly two weeks after the lunar eclipse of December 29, the 14th of January of the year 1 AD, according to today's calendar. The lunar eclipse came exactly at dusk, so that everyone could see it. Herod, born 70 BC, ruler since the year 37 BC, was 70 years old, and had ruled 37 years according to the specifications of the Jewish Antiquities. Jesus was born about a year before, at the end of the year 2 BC. Everything fits, at least for those who are willing to take a close look.

Text: Ruggero Sangalli / NBQ
Translation: Giuseppe Nardi
Pictures: Wikicommons

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Greek Bishop: “Your Atheism Has Brought Down the Wrath of God Upon Us!”

Greek Orthodox Bishop Ambrosios von Kalavrita has accused the Greek Prime Minister of being complicit in the severe fires in Greece

Athens (kath.net) Greek Orthodox Bishop Ambrosios of Kalavrita has accused the Greek Prime Minister of being complicit in the severe fires in Greece. "Atheist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is drawing the wrath of God upon us," writes the bishop on his blog. "The atheists of Syriza are the cause of the great disaster! Their atheism draws down the wrath of God upon us!" He emphasizes again. In the forest fires in recent days 74 people have died. But the Archbishop of Athens has emphasized that this is only the personal opinion of the bishop.

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Bundeswehr Soldiers Attacked by Men of “Arab-Oriental” Background

BAD HERSFELD. Three men with an "Arab-Oriental" appearance attacked two Bundeswehr soldiers in Bad Hersfeld in Hesse on Wednesday and injured them slightly. First, they attacked a 19-year-old soldier who was walking in uniform.

He met the trio at six in the morning when he was on his way to duty. They insulted him first as "Nazi", "son of a bitch" and "child murderer" and spit on him. When the Bundeswehr members wanted to confront them, they hit him in the face, causing him to go down. Subsequently, the attackers stepped on him.

Federal Armed Servicemembers suffered bruises and a grave wound

Another soldier hurrying to help another managed to pull away one of the thugs, who then fled. The other two then attacked the second soldier and then fled. The Bundeswehr members suffered bruises and an abraision during the attack.

According to the police, the two soldiers described the perpetrators as between 20 and 30 years old, with heavily dark skin and black hair. The victims suspected the perpetrators of being of an "Arab-oriental background," said a police spokesman for the Junge Freiheit. (Ag)

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Pilgrimage Director Thanks Socialist Party for His Priestly Vocation

Erwin Reichart, the pilgrimage director of Maria Vesperbild, responds with a friendly invitation to the condescending SPD criticism on the visit of the Bavarian Prime Minister Söder in Maria Vesperbild

Maria Vesperbild (kath.net/Maria Vesperbild) kath.net documents the open letter of the pilgrimage director of Maria Vesperbild, Erwin Reichert, on the criticism of the Günzburger SPD leadership on the forthcoming visit of the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder to Maria Vesperbild in full length:

Dear Mr. Auinger,

Although your press statement is hurtful and condescending, I still want to answer you in an open letter. The Bavarian Prime Minister does not come as a party representative to Maria Vesperbild but as the highest representative of the Bavarian state. That honors us very much. Incidentally, we are thankful for any politician who openly professes Christianity. Therefore, all politicians of each party are invited to make a pilgrimage to Maria Vesperbild. One can take Gregor Gysi as an example who, as a far left politician, clearly stated that a society without religion will not work in the long term.

All SPD members are therefore cordially invited to the feast day service with a procession of lights on August 15, 2018 at 19:00.

As a former worker and son of a worker family, I can tell you that as a teenager I had great sympathy for the SPD. In addition, I owe the SPD my priestly profession.

Therefore I do not mean it mockingly, if I advise you to take the help from above also for the SPD. The Mother of God has done so many miracles here that she can easily make it possible to bring the SPD to new heights.

I would like to receive you here despite the nasty press statement, to talk to you and maybe even to pray with you.

With best wishes and blessings from Maria Vesperbild

Erwin Reichart pilgrimage director

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Bergoglian Predator Bishop Insists He’s Done Nothing Wrong

Juan Jose Pineda: “There is Nothing Against Me, I Askedto Resign, Myself”

Edit: sometimes there’s a good reason that people are on the margins.

(Tegucigalpa) Last Saturday, Pope Francis retired the right hand of Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga as Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa in Honduras. Msgr. Juan Jose Pineda Fasquelle confirmed the impression attached to this retirement.

Msgr. Pineda had been in the headlines since the end of 2017, with the real criticism being directed at the Pope's confidant Cardinal Maradiaga. Pope Francis had sent a confidant to Honduras a year ago to see to it, but remained inactive.

It was not until public pressure became too great that the need to take action in Rome was felt. The Honduran media had reported early, but they were not weighty enough. It was not until the Italian weekly L'Espresso announced the matter that an international response took shape.

The impression: Cardinal Maradiaga supported his suffragan bishop, while Cardinal Maradiaga was supported by Pope Francis. Maradiaga in turn supported the current pontificate. In order for this to continue to be so, the auxiliary bishop now had to give up his office, as the case had become intolerable, apparently to bring the cardinal out of the line of fire. In some ways, the Pineda case recalls the Barros case.

Pineda was retired on Saturday. But no sanctions were announced against him, which surprised observers in Rome and Tegucigalpa. Rather, it was said that he - for some unknown reason - asked for his resignation. The Pope had only met this wish. That's certainly not true.

But Pineda seems so sure of his ropes that he can dare go on the offensive. After announcing his retirement, he frankly asked the media questions. He told the most important newspapers, from El Heraldo to La Prensa to La Tribuna, and radio stations, that he had been retired at his request. He wants to turn to “new tasks.”Above all, he stressed that there are no sanctions against him. He himself had asked Rome for inquiries, which should give the impression of a self-report. That, too, does not correspond to the facts. The thrust is clear.

"There are no charges against me," Pineda said in an interview with TV station TN5.
In view of the media reports about his double life and his financial management, such statements are bold. They can only be explained by the fact that Pineda feels secure that no charge is made against him.

"It is better for one to die than for the whole people to save themselves."
Such a strange, cryptic statement by the former auxiliary bishop.

Anyone who wants to accuse him of something should do so with the competent courts so that he can defend himself. Since there are no such allegations, he has nothing to say about it. In any case, he would not comment on any allegations about the media.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: Heraldo (screenshot)
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“Gay Liberation” Cardinal Shared Apartment With Evil Aberrosexual Predator Cardinal

[Gloria.tv] Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 87, who is accused of having fondled seminarians and some minors, has been the big mentor of Cardinal Kevin Farrell, i70, the head of the Dicastery for Laity, Family [sic!] and Life.

McCarrick made Farrell an Washington auxiliary bishop in 2001.

The two liberal prelates even shared an apartment together with two priest secretaries, according to Washingtonian.com (October 2004).

[As Newark Archbishop (1986-2000) McCarrick hired Father Kenneth Martin, a homosexual abuser, as his personal secretary.]

In 2007 Farrell was promoted to Dallas. He even paid tribute to McCarrick in his coat of arms. According to Farrell’s explanation the lion in his coat of arms honours McCarrick and is taken from his coat of arms.

Farrell is pro-gay and in charge of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin in August which will be attended by Pope Francis.

This meeting spreads gay ideology, welcomes homosexual couples and features as keynote speaker the gay-propagandist, Jesuit Father James Martin.

Farrell is a fan of Father Martin’s gay-propaganda book “Building a Bridge”.

It is evident that everyone - including Farrell - knew about McCarrick’s homosexual problem.

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Radical Vatican About to Take Vengeance on Father Stefano Manelli

[Gloria.tv]Sanctions against Father Stefano Manelli, 85, the founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, are imminent, writes Marco Tosatti (July 21). Manelli’s order languishes under a Vatican commissioner since July 2013.

The reasons for this crack down, never explained by the Vatican, are evident: for the present Vatican nomenclature, the Friars are “too Catholic”.

According to Tosatti, a document containing sanctions against Manelli, authored by the Congregation for the Religious, is currently on Francis' table.

After the sanctions are imposed, the Vatican will push for a General Chapter. The plan is to change the Friars' constitutions and to abolish the vow of consecration to the Immaculate and the vow of poverty. The latter has created a situation in which all material goods of the friars belong to lay-people. The Vatican has tried in vain to get hold of this patrimony but lost all juridical battles in Italian courts.

Therefore, the Vatican tried to use Father Manelli in order to put pressure on the assets' owners. After this failed, it seems, Francis wants to punish Manelli which reveals Francis’ strange sense of justice.

One of the leading Vatican bureaucrates who fights against the Friars is Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo OFM, the secretariy of the Congregation for the Religious, a Francis intimate, who was one of the main protagonists of the huge financial scandal hitting the Franciscans (OFM) in December 2014. The scandal was quickly hushed up.

Because Carballo is a radical-liberal, nobody touched him, on the contrary, Francis promoted him to become an archbishop.

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Monsignor Camille Perl Has Passed Away

We’ve just learned that Msgr. Camille Perl, canon of the Vatican Basilica, has passed away.  He was born in Luxembourg on 13 October, 1938. He was the original secretary  of the Ecclesia Dei Commission.  His funeral will be held Monday at 11am in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican.

Let us offer prayers for his soul, that he may have relief in purgatory or mercy.

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Gigantic Procession in Russia to Honor the Czar

In the early morning hours of July 17, a huge procession set in motion from the Yekaterinburg, leading 20 kilometers to the basilica, which was held in honor of the tsar's family murdered 100 years ago.

(Moscow) With a gigantic procession in honor of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia's Christians commemorated the murder of the tsarist family by the Communists.

Blood Basilica in Katharinenburg, built at the site of the assassination

In Katharinenburg in the Ural Mountains, hundreds of thousands of Russians participated in a gigantic procession on July 17, which took place on the anniversary and place of the crime. The procession led to the basilica, which was built in honor of the imperial family at the place of their murder. The basilica keeps relics of the last tsar. The murdered Tsar's family was canonized in 2000 by the Russian Orthodox Church, which recognized their murder by the Communists as a martyrdom.

Katharinenburg (Yekaterinburg) is located about 2,000 kilometers east of Moscow. After renouncing the affairs of state, which took place during the February Revolution of 1917, the Czar was interned with his family in Katharinenburg. There he, his wife and five children were murdered by the Bolsheviks in July 1918. The execution command was led by the Communist of Jewish descent Yakov Sverdlov, who acted on the direct orders of Lenin.

On July 17, the gigantic procession set in motion at 4 o'clock in the morning. On the night of the 16th to the 17th of July the murder was done. One hundred thousand participants were needed alone to carry the 100,000 icons (one icon per person) that were carried along. Countless other believers followed the train of the icons, which covered a distance of 20 kilometers. More and more people joined them, so that the procession took on gigantic proportions.

The procession in which the entire Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church participated was led by the Moscow Patriarch Cyril I. in front of the Basilica, the Patriarch celebrated a Holy Mass in memory of the Tsar's family.

The martyrs of Alapayevsk

Grand Duchess Elisabeth, born Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, a martyr of Alapayevsk

Already on July 15 in Alapayevsk, Kyril consecrated in the church of the Theodora Icon, an icon of the Mother of God, with whom Tsar Michael I, the first Romanov on the throne of the Tsar, had been blessed. In 1918, the Communists brought some members of the Tsar's family to Alapayevsk. There they were murdered in a mine near the city, also on 18 July. Among them was Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna, who had been born as German Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt in Darmstadt. Following the murder of her husband in 1905 by the assassination of a socialist, she divested all her possessions and founded in Moscow the Women's Order of the Sisters of Charity and Mercy and the Martha Maria Monastery, which she herself entered and led as abbess.

After the White Army was able to recapture Alapayevsk briefly from the Red Army, the bodies of the murdered were born and carried on the retreat to the east and initially buried in Beijing. At the urging of her sister Vikotoria of Hesse-Darmstadt, who was married in Britain, they were transferred to Palestine and interred in the Russian Orthodox Mary Magdalene Monastery in Jerusalem in 1921. Their monastery in Moscow was abolished by the Communists and the sisters were deported to Siberia. Since then, the order no longer exists.

In 1998, the mortal remains of the Tzar's family were solemnly buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg. The then Russian President Boris Yeltsin called the murder "one of the most shameful parts of our history". In 2008, Tsar Nicholas II was rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of Russia and the family recognized as victims of the "political repression of the Bolsheviks".

The worship of the Tsar's family is deeply felt in Russia. It represents a central element of historical continuity as it overcomes the 70 years of communist tyranny and is an aspect of national identity.

On May 25, 2017, the incumbent President Vladimir Putin also venerated the relics of Tsar Nicholas II. The ceremony took place in Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.

One century after the massacre, Russia and the world experienced one of the greatest processions of recent history.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Bild: Medias-Presse/Wikicommons/Videos/Youtube

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Protestant Minister Smashes Marian Statue in Colombia for Feast of Our Lady of Carmel

(Bogota) A video triggered  in Colombia showing a Protestant pastor who destroyed a statue of Mary on the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16.

The incident took place in Santa Cruz de Mompox, a city founded in 1537 in Colombia with today about 45,000 inhabitants. On July 16, the day the Catholic Church commemorates Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Protestant pastor Ospina Gazcon publicly smashed a statue of the Virgin with a hammer.

Catholics of the country reacted indignantly to the desecration. The justifications of certain free-church circles of Calvinist imprint are known. Sadly, according to the faithful of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in which the incident occurred, these circles did not bother to verify the truthfulness of their prejudices. And that they do not know how to distinguish between veneration and idolatry. They would soon realize how wrong their opinions are, "but their consequences hurt us a lot," said a parishioner forthe daily El Blanco. 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is an honorary title of the Blessed Virgin Mary and patron saint of the Carmelite Order, whose origins date back to the Crusades, when crusaders withdrew in the Holy Land as hermits to Mount Carmel via Haifa in the early 12th century. There they had already found hermits of Eastern Christian tradition.

The incident in Colombia shows that it’s not only Satanists and Islamists who destroy Mary statues.

So far, no apology from the pastor has become known.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Don Minutella Barred From Shrine at Ars — “False Prophet” Extolled to Teach Pope’s Magisterium

Don Minutella is prevented by the church rector of Ars from entering the sanctuary. An visiting priest of Ars holds up a prepared sign indicating that Don Minutella should recognize Francis as a legitimate Pope.

(Paris) The website of the Sanctuaire d'Ars states that the basilica of Ars, the parish house of St. John Maria Vianney and the chapel where the heart of the holy pastor of Ars is kept are open to all and can be visited daily "for free.” In reality this is not true for everyone, at least not for the priest Don Minutella from the Archdiocese of Palermo and his group of pilgrims. He was forbidden access. How is that?

Don Minutella received international attention for his criticism of Pope Francis' administration. The Sicilian priest was pastor of a social hotspot west of the city on the Tyrrhenian Sea. He is also the founder of a spiritual community called Little Garden of Nazareth in the Archdiocese of Monreale. For his apostolate, he uses modern means of communication, especially the Internet. Because of his loyalty to the Catholic faith, he became a sought-after preacher throughout Italy. Under Pope Benedict XVI.  he discovered that he “personally preferred” the traditional form of the Roman rite in which he has since celebrated.

In autumn 2015, Pope Francis appointed a new Archbishop of Palermo, who was inaugurated in December 2015. Under him, the conflict came to a head. Unlike his predecessor, he did not want to be patient with Don Minutella. The archbishop admonished the priest and eventually deprived him of his parish, despite the request of the faithful to leave their pastor. But the archbishop did not withdraw from his punitive action. Don Minutella was declared a troublemaker. Without office, he left the Archdiocese of Palermo and retired to his establishment in the neighboring archbishopric Monreale. The long arm of the Archbishop of Palermo was there, too. The city council of Monreale issued a demolition order for the establishment of the spiritual community. Don Minutella, who had been silent himself, said nothing. The staff spoke of a flimsy pretext to regard Don Minutella as persona non grata.

Although the priest kept to his self-imposed silence, in the fall of 2017, Don Minutella was suddenly asked to make a pledge of allegiance to Pope Francis within 48 hours, otherwise he would be excommunicated. The priest responded with the Great Creed, whereupon he was "excommunicated" for disobedience.

His reaction was a call for "resistance" because his patience also came to an end. In an appeal he called on Pope Francis to defend the truths of faith and ecclesiastical order. In his catechesis and sermons, he continues to speak plain language, but denies the legitimacy of Pope Francis. By doing so, he makes it hard for believers who are seeking guidance to follow him, and offers his opponents plenty of room to attack him.

Don Minutella's pilgrimage to Ars

Recently, Don Minutella undertook a pilgrimage through France with numerous pilgrims. So last week they also reached Ars for the workplace and grave of St. John Maria Vianney. But there they received a surprise that no one had expected. In front of the sanctuary, excited and regrettable scenes played out with mutual accusations and reproaches.

The dispute moved under this banner promoting the "false prophet" Enzo Bianchi, who is to explain the Magisterium of Pope Francis

The church rector already awaited Don Minutella in the forecourt and forbade the priest to celebrate Mass. After a partly noisy back and forth, the group was granted access to the basilica on the condition that they remain "silent". During the time allowed, the group was overseen by two priests.

A video captured the unusual scene.

The church rector of Ars approached the group and said that they had received "information" from the archdiocese of Palermo that "you are a sect". Don Minutella had, as is usual, registered his pilgrimage in advance in Ars.

The fact is that a priest, who does not contradict the doctrine of faith at all, was hindered in the celebration of Mass and to whom access was granted only with difficulty.

In fact, Don Minutella - and even those who are close to him - argue about the wisdom of this move - Jorge Mario Bergoglio no longer considers himself the rightful pope. That is indeed serious. However, he does not question the papacy. He also denies being a sedevacantist..

The "false prophet" is welcome

At the same time as Don Minutella was almost denied access to the celebration of Mass in Ars, a banner bearing the name of the "false prophet" Enzo Bianchi  as Msgr. Antonio Livi, former dean of the Philosophical Faculty of the Lateran University, describes him. Enzo Bianchi is to explain in Ars "the Magisterium of Pope Francis".

How does it fit together?

The dubious figure of a self-styled "monk" and "prior," who is neither monk nor prior nor priest, who doubts, reinterprets, or denies so much that the list would be too long to enumerate. But it must be mentioned that he doubts the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

So what counts in the Church? Fidelity to the truth of the faith and the popes since the apostle Peter or the fidelity to the person of the current Pope? Of course, the two aspects have to form a unity. A contrast was constructed in the concrete case of those who invite the laity to entertain Enzo Bianchi as a speaker at Ars, but not to let the priest Don Minutella enter the sanctuary.

It becomes more understandable when you know that the church rector maintains personal contact with Enzo Bianchi and visited him in the "monastery" Boso.

Pope loyalty

The meeting in Ars took curious shape, as the church rector showed a prepared poster on which Don Minutella was asked to recognize the incumbent Pope. When Don Minutella asked what it was like to have the catholicity of Enzo Bianchi, the rector of the church did not answer, but shouted for it all the louder: "Long live the Pope! Long live the Pope! "

The church rector of Ars with Enzo Bianchi in his "monastery" in Boso

Don Minutella told the church rector that he had no problem with that. He stood faithfully and firmly with the papacy. What he does not believe in is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and his teaching. Don Minutella represents the position that Benedict XVI. Is still the legitimate Pope.

However, rejecting fellowship with Francis and celebrating instead in Communion with Pope Benedict, who sees himself in communion with Pope Francis, can not really convince.

At this point, the subtlety and fragility of the position of Don Minutella becomes clear, for Francis is the legitimately elected pope. Benedict XVI. has never admitted he does not recognize him as his legitimate successor.

More complex is the question of the "heretical pope" as the Correctio filialis in autumn 2017 showed. Don Minutella deduces from this that the legitimacy of the incumbent Pope is ipso facto expired because of the spread of heresies. But who can prove that the election of Pope Francis is directed by the "Mafia of St. Gallen" and thus invalidated? Who has the authority to declare that Pope Francis disseminates, promotes and does not suppress heretical ideas in order to explain the loss of his office?

There is a drama in these questions, which is apparently felt by many faithful, but also by priests. Also Don Minutella is one of them. However, the consequence he draws does not make it easier for believers, but complicates the situation, as reactions to his activities in recent months have shown.

Confusion and disorientation

But what does the incident of Ars show?

Especially, and painfully, that there is a great deal of confusion. Everyone is allowed to enter the basilica, no matter what they think or say about the truths of faith except whoever denies that Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the rightful pope.

Even Cardinal Müller, the prefect of faith in Rome until June 2017, described the current situation of the Church as extremely grave at the end of June because believers who want to remain faithful to Catholic doctrine and creed are branded as "conservatives" and driven out of the Church.

A nun (out of uniform) as a guardian of Don Minutella in the church of Nevers

Under such conditions, it is not easy for those who wish to remain faithful to find the right measure. Some deny the lawfulness of the reigning pope, others take refuge in miracles and private revelations. A few days ago, the intellectual, Roberto de Mattei, warned of this phenomenon. But he also named a cause: If believers no longer receive the necessary answers and guidance from those who should give them, ie the bishops and the priests, then they seek answers elsewhere.

Don Minutella himself speaks of "grotesque moments" first in Nevers, then also in Ars. On his webpage he operated for the radio show Domina Nostra, there were some photos. They show how a lay sister (without a habit) supervised Don Minutella in prayer.

The speech is often about the "signs of the times". But how are the signs of the times that a pontificate provokes obvious confusion, disorientation and strife?

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Bavarian Prime Minister to Visit Marian Shrine

The Marian pilgrimage site, Maria Vesperbild is looking forward to the visit of the Protestant Markus Söder

Maria Vesperbild (kath.net) The Bavarian Prime Minister, Markus Söder, will visit Maria Vesperbild on August 8th. This was announced by the Marian Pilgrimage on Thursday. The press release states: "This is not a cheap election campaign maneuver, and we certainly do not suppose our Prime Minister to be misinformed if, since he is an avowed Protestant in a thoroughly Christian country, he sends such a signal. On the contrary, we thank him for his commitment to the Christian faith which threatens nobody and does not exclude anyone, but is an appreciation of the foundation on which our Western community of values ​​stands.”

The initiative for the visit came from Maria Vesperbild. Pilgrimage director Erwin Reichart has loudly said some time ago that the visit of a Bavarian Prime Minister was something special for Maria Vesperbild. This idea was taken up by Member of Parliament Alfred Sauter. Of course we welcomed happily. The event will be purely religious according to the organizers. Prime Minister Markus Söder is expected by the guests of honor and the faithful at 9 am at the pilgrimage directorate and on the northern church square. In the church then a small devotion is provided. Afterwards, the Prime Minister visits the grotto, where he will light a candle in honor of Our Lady.

Photo Söder © CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian State Parliament

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Orthodoxy is Growing in Monaco — Surpassing Protestants

Orthodox Christians in Monaco

(Monaco) In the Principality of Monaco, Orthodox Christians have become the second strongest religious community after the Catholic Church. They have outclassed the Protestants in the country.

The conditions are clear, the Catholic Church is by far the largest religious community. Because of the well-to-do reputation of the country, Protestants have settled down as well. More recently, statistics have indicated that there are six percent of Protestants and "small Orthodox communities" in Monaco. That has changed in recent years. The increase is due to immigration from Orthodox countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Since 2012, there is a Greek Orthodox parish in the small principality that belonged to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation until 1803. In November 2017, a permanent branch of the Russian Orthodox Church was established. There are also Orthodox believers from Ukraine, Belorussia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia and Georgia. It’s an ascending trend.

From 13-16 June the 100th anniversary of the Russian tsar's family was celebrated in the Principality. The members of the tsar's family were murdered by the communists after the October Revolution and are today worshiped (venerated) by the Russian Orthodox Church as martyrs and saints. Three descendants came for the occasion in the chic place on the Mediterranean.

The same development is also evident in other places in the Latin West, particularly strong in Vienna, where there are four times as many Orthodox students as Protestants at compulsory schools.

Text: Martha Burger

Image: Hello Monaco (screenshot)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Italy Receives Second Personal Parish for Immemorial Mass of All Ages

Italy’s second personal parish established for the Immemorial Rite

(Rome) In Italy, the second personal parish is being built in the Immemorial Mass of All Ages. Since 2008 there is the personal parish SS. Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome, which is cared for by the Fraternity of Saint Peter. It was the only such parish so far. Now the second personal parish has been established on 16 July.

Basilica of Santa Croce, Cagliari

Two days ago, the Archbishop of Cagliari and Primate of Sardinia and Corsica, Msgr. Arrigo Miglio, announced that he had established a personal parish in the Sardinian capital in the sense of the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum.

The archbishop responded to the request of a Coetus Fidelium, who had turned to him with the request.

The personal parish was established at the Basilica of Santa Croce. It is located in the middle of the old town in the immediate vicinity of the cathedral. The basilica stands where a small Jewish quarter was located in the Middle Ages and was built in place of a synagogue. After Jews converted to Christianity had made anti-Christian contents of the Talmud known, the Jews from the kingdom of King Ferdinand II of Aragon had been expelled in 1492. Sardinia was then part of the Kingdom of Aragon. The church built at that time was entrusted to the Archdiocese of Santo Monte di Pietà, which handled the spiritual care of prisoners and had previously operated in the Franciscan sense, in money lending against Jewish usurers at a fixed and above all, low interest rate.

In 1564 the church went to the young Jesuit order. After its abolition, it was nationalized and in 1809 transferred to the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus, a knightly order of the House of Savoy, which since 1720, were the Kings of Sardinia.

Since 2008, the church has been celebrating in the Immemorial Mass. So far on Sundays and public holidays, in the future also on weekdays. At first, canons were responsible for the celebration, in the past three years Mons. Gianfranco Zuncheddu. For the first pastor of the parish, the archbishop appointed the diocesan priest Don Gianluca Pretta. The priest has been close to tradition for years. In his previous parish, he conducted Gregorian courses and celebrated the Immemorial Mass.  In 2015, when a priestly candidate of the Archdiocese was consecrated in the traditional rite, Don Pretta was to assist, but had to give up at the last moment - for unpleasant reasons.

Basilica of Santa Croce

His powerful proclamation of the truths of faith didn’t bring him only friends. He made headlines in 2014 when he banned, then as a pastor of Gesico in his church, short mini-skirts and posted a notice of a certain decency in clothing. There was no lack of ridicule in the media, but this was only the beginning of a much harder attack. The priest was accused in 2015 - wrongly, as it turned out - of pedophilia. Although the judiciary made it clear at the end of 2016 that the anonymous allegations could not be substantiated, the priest had to endure his own personal calvary.

Archbishop Miglio then stated in a press release that "the good name" of Don Pretta was restored by the judiciary. The wave of sexual abuse by clerics apparently attracted freeloaders who used false accusations as a means of personal vengeance or out of hatred for the priesthood, knowing well enough that the mere accusation can already destroy one's life.

Don Pretta stayed in his parish and now receives a new special, task. He has become the first diocesan priest to preside over a personal parish in the traditional form of the Roman rite.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Picture: MiL

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Priest Fired as University Chaplain for Saying Mass in Reparation for Aberrosexuality

Edit: this decadent Scots university clearly objects to Catholicism.

[BBC] Father Mark Morris had tended to the spiritual needs of students at Glasgow Caledonian University.

However, university bosses said his views were at odds with those of the educational institution. 

A statement from the Archdiocese of Glasgow said it was aware of the university's decision.

It added that it would address the "provision of chaplaincy support in due course".

'Strongly inclusive'

The decision to remove Fr Morris came after he held a prayer service at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Balornock which sought "reparation for the gross offence to God which is Pride Glasgow".

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44878038

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Sacrilegious First Mass With Theatrically Naked Erotic Dancing Man in Augsburg

Edit: there you go. I fixed the title and made it better. It looks like he was wearing a flesh colored skin tight garment while he liturgically danced. Anyway, whatever some lefties might try to make of it, a local priest elicited his enthusiastic approval of it on the radio later.

In the Augsburg Moritzkirche ("City Pastoral Care") it last Saturday an Aberro-embarrassment took place at the First Mass (Primiz) of a priest of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart - With documentary photos

Stuttgart (kath.net) Last Saturday in the Moritzkirche in Augsburg ("City Pastoral Care"), there was a clear liturgical abuse that caused a shakeup of Catholics in the diocese of Augsburg and beyond. As part of the first Mass of the new priest Fabian Ploneczka the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, held a so-called triduum in the Augsburg Moritzkirche. According to observers on site, a dancer dressed only in skintight boxer shorts danced the "theme" of the Vesper service and tried to depict the "Jeremiah Passion of a Prophet" with a ballet insert Church space became a dance floor, even the altar area, according to church visitors attending the event, where the dancer picked up the gospel, humped the ambo almost naked, and lasciviously lolled in front of the altar.

Following a performance by the dancer, the Stuttgart radio pastor Thomas Steiger spoke on the subject of "eroticism of the faith." He praised observers who received an alleged grace and especially of the male body, which, he says, spoke of a "sensual love for Jesus".

Worshipers told kath.net that there was a clearly homophile, yes, homoerotic event in a consecrated church.

The "event" led to the bizarre reaction that a churchgoer shouted loudly that then everyone could undress. He then partially undressed and stood up half naked in the church.

Some visitors left the service prematurely in which also children participated.

Augsburg is the original home diocese of the new priest, but has changed to the neighboring diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

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Vatican Denies Claims by Incoming Marxist Mexican Government

Mexico wants to stem the rampant violence in the country. Therefore, Pope Francis will speak at the planned conference "Peace Forum", says the new government. The Vatican, however, knows nothing about it.

Vatican | Mexico City - 17.07.2018

Pope Francis, contrary to the statements of the future Mexican government, should not take part in the planned "Peace Forums" to curb the rampant violence in the country. "The message that the Holy Father will be attending this conference has no foundation," Mexican media cited Monday (local) Vatican spokesman Greg Burke.

Coordinator Loretta Ortiz had previously stated that Francis would be connected via videoconference. Around 40 events are currently planned in the various states of Mexico, with a particular focus on countries that are particularly affected by drug-related crime. The interview formats should be accessible to the public. The forums are scheduled to start on 7th August and end on 30th November, one day before President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office.

Most dangerous country in the world for priests

The left-leaning Lopez Obrador will take over the affairs of state in Mexico on 1 December. He had been elected as the new president with about 53 percent of the vote just over two weeks ago. One of his key campaign promises was a new security policy. In the past twelve years, approximately 150,000 people were killed in the "war on drugs", according to human rights organizations.

Mexico is also considered as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for priests. Since 2012, the Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM) has documented a total of 24 murders of clergy and church officials. The number rose sharply with the beginning of the "war on drugs" under President Felipe Calderon (2006 to 20012) and remained at a consistently high level, even under the incumbent President Enrique Pena Nieto. (Bod / KNA)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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