Münster Bishop Will Not Ordain Catholic Priests

 

The Münster Bishop Felix Genn rejects "traditionalist candidates for the priesthood"

Münster (kath.net) The Münster Bishop Felix Genn rejects "traditionalist candidates for the priesthood.” This is being reported by German media, who quoted Genn with the following sentence: "I can tell you decidedly: I do not want to consecrate pre-conciliar clerical types and will not consecrate them." Genn last made the criticism in August. At that time he was criticized by a pastor because Genn attached himself to the "musulmans". The decay of theChurch  in the diocese of Münster is complete, everyone can see this. Nevertheless Bishop Felix Genn says, “completely unrealistically: 'Islamization is certainly not taking place,’" Emmerich Pastor Paul Spätling wrote in his open letter to the Bishop of Münster.

Spätling apparently criticized an exhibition in Münster Cathedral with 14 artists on the subject of peace. In addition, above the entrance portal of the cathedral in neon letters is an Arabic lettering with the greeting "as-salamu 'alaikum"(God's peace be with you). The pastor criticized this with the words: "One no longer greets Christians with Dominus vobiscum, but the musulms with as-salam-alaikum. Why not immediately with Allah alu akbar?.”

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Recent Convert from Islam Creates Attack Group to Overwatch Evil Cardinals

Mohamed Alí Seineldín

Catholic laymen are fed up with cover-ups by cardinals. The Better Church Governance Group will produce a Red Hat Report by 2020. It will involve about 100 journalists and former FBI employees.

Edit: it’s hard to say what the alignment of this organization will be, but “Crux” isn’t too excited about the recent convert from Islam. The fierce looking man above is none other than the great Mohamed Alí Seineldín who converted to Catholicism and served in the Argentine army. He was eager for his men to pray the Rosary and go regularly to confession. 

Is this new organozation and its founder the champion we need? We’re inquiring.

USA (kath.net) Catholic lay people in the US are fed up with the cover-ups of Church abuse by cardinals and bishops and delays in investigating cases of abuse. [But they don’t do anything about it.]

A few days ago, an organization called "The Better Church Governance Group" was founded by [Possibly heretical] laymen. This according to "Crux". They demand worldwide investigations into cardinals. By April 2020, a "Red Hat Report" will be presented. In the first year more than 1 million US dollars will be invested in research. All 124 future pope voters will be scrutinized. About 100 researchers, academics, investigators and journalists are to be deployed worldwide. In addition, 10 former FBI employees to work on the project.

The group was founded on the campus of the Catholic University of America (CUA). Jacob Imam, the director of the organization, emphasizes at the inaugural meeting that this is not to be understood as an attack on Pope Francis. [Because he’s allied to their concerns? This from the “Crux” article:  “I think it’s fair to say that a defender of traditional values is not something he would identify himself with.”] 

Imam himself converted from Islam to Christianity 3 years ago. "Cardinals must be publicly held accountable for certain offenses, they must know that people will know that if they have voted for a particular person, there is a dark side to this decision that will be acknowledged, so we are also ready to to accompany it with fasting and prayer, but we can no longer allow our children, the innocent, the little ones, the seminarians to be devoured in this way, as has happened so far.”

The final report provides for a rating for each cardinal. It is examined exactly how he has behaved in cases of abuse. Imam announces that after the cardinals' screening, bishops around the world will also be investigated. It should also be determined to what extent they are consistent with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

When asked at the inauguration event, whether also possible homosexual cardinals should be made known, the director explained that with various  rumors this will very carefully noted but care must be taken.

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

Photo: Wiki

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Pope Refuses Questions From Journalists in Return Trip From Estonia

(Rome) In the evening two days ago, in the Estonian capital Tallinn, a plane lifted off with Pope Francis on board. As is customary after every pastoral trip, a flying press conference was held where the head of the Church is asked questions by journalists. Yesterday, however, everything went a little differently.

In the past, the pope's answers were published on the Vatican official website in several languages. After yesterday's return flight, the publication was delayed in the original language. First, the house Vaticanist, Andrea Tornielli published the pope's answers to Vatican Insider. Meanwhile, they were also published on the website of the Holy See.

According to the statements of various journalists who were on board, the head of the Church seemed "nervous". Above all, strict requirements were made yesterday. The pope wanted only to answer questions that had to do with the pastoral trip to the Baltic States. The directive was clear: McCarrick, Viganò dossier and Murphy-O'Connor issues were undesirable. The hot irons were excluded. Anyone who had any questions from the journalists was put off ("first the questions about the trip") and then just got the word, no more ("I'm told dinner is ready, and the flight is not long").

When Vatican spokesman Greg Burke declared the travel questions to be complete, Pope Francis himself quickly took the floor and addressed a few things. This was not a press conference, but a monologue. On the Pennsylvania Report on Sexual Abuse, Francis said:

"I take the Pennsylvania Report, for example, and we see that until the early 1970s there were many priests who fell into this corruption. Then, more recently, they have decreased because the Church realized that it had to fight it in some other way. In times past, such things were covered up. They were also covered at home when the uncle raped the little niece when the father raped the children: they were covered up because it was a great shame. That was the thinking of past centuries and of the last century."

Is the problem of sexual abuse only a matter of the past, "until the beginning of the 70s"? Is that correct? There is a counter-argument that the abuse and total sexual misconduct only spread epidemically in the church in the late 1960s, and especially in the 1970s in parallel with the Sexual Revolution. There were inquiries by the journalists but they were not allowed.

Following the Papal remarks, only one question was allowed, that of a Spanish journalist for an agreement with the People's Republic of China.

The unusual procedure was clearly noted by the journalists and caused some irritation.

"One month after the publication of the Viganò dossier, the Vatican still has no answer - or denial - to the allegations of the former Apostolic Nuncio in the US," said Nuova Bussola Quotidiana.

On August 26, the Viganò dossier had been raised with its grave allegations against Pope Francis and high-ranking Church  representatives of his immediate circle and his resignation was demanded. In response, Francis decreed strict silence the same day on the return flight from Ireland. He gained time, but he did not answer. From his circle, in the following days, content, cryptic announcements were made that the Pope was preparing the "counter-strike" and "coming soon" there would be an answer from Rome that would refute "point by point" the accusations.

Since then, new questions and allegations have been raised with the United Kingdom and Argentina. But the Vatican still lacks any answer. Francis chose a desperate and at the same time, simplest way: he is trying to endure the problem. This only works as long as the secular media spare him. This tactic therefore has a downside: it creates dependencies.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: InfoVaticana

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Pope Calls Upon Church to Recite Rosary

Edit: Pope requests the faithful throw themselves at the feet of Our Lady in October by praying the Rosary daily with the Prayer to Saint Michael, Archangel. It’s an unusual request from the Pope who complained of vain repetitions and Neo-Pelagians. Crux writes:

“Only prayer can defeat [the devil],” said the statement. “The Russian mystics and the great saints of all traditions advised, in moments of spiritual turbulence, to protect themselves under the mantle of the Holy Mother of God by pronouncing the invocation Sub Tuum Praesidium.”

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Ex-Cardinal Retired to Cloister Near High School

Edit: this decision was not without controversy, however, because despite the remoteness of the Cloister, it’s still close to the parish Grade School or a neighboring High School.  What’s unclear is whether the evil +++McCarrick will be restricted to quarters, or have access to a car, where he can travel a few hours to lurk in Kansas City, Kansas on weekends.

(Rome) Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, who is at the center of an abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, now lives in a Capuchin monastery in the state of Kansas. This was announced by the Archdiocese  of Washington.

Theodore McCarrick was Archbishop of Washington and previously Archbishop of Newark. He is accused of having lived a gay double life for decades and of having aberrosexual relationships with subordinates and seminarians.

On August 26, Monsignor Carlo Maria Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, revealed that when Pope Benedict XVI learned of the incidents, he imposed sanctions on McCarrick at the end of his term. Apparently, this was never really implemented till the pope's resignation. Rather, Pope Francis rehabilitated the cardinal and, according to the Vatican diplomat, made him one of his closest confidants.

It was not until the New York Times revealed the Cardinal's double life in July in two articles that the pope's confidant, officially at his own request, lost the cardinal status. The former Apostolic Nuncio in Washington accuses Pope Francis of covering up and covering the cardinal's "perverse and diabolical" behavior, and calls for Francis's resignation.

In a press release from the Archbishopric of Washington, it is now reported that the now 88-year-old McCarrick "now lives the permission of the Provincial Superior, Christopher Popravak, responsible for the monastic Franciscan Community and the Bishop of Salina, Gerald Vincke, in St. Fidelis Monastery in Victoria in State of Kansas. "

"Out of consideration for the peace of the community of St. Fidelis-Kosters, we are asked to respect the privacy of this agreement."

The transfer to the monastery became necessary after Pope Francis in late July McCarrick prohibited any public exercise of his office. At the same time he imposed house arrest against him in a place to be assigned to him. [Notorious priests under restriction in Collegeville, are right there next to a high school and a university. They are also allowed to travel, some as far as Europe and cushy vacations.]

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image: Archdiocese of Washington (screenshot)
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Archbishop Viganò Launches Second Barrage

Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò published a new letter to the public a month after his dossier: "My testimony is true".

"I know who I have believed in." This verse from the Second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:12) is the focus of a new letter to which Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, wrote. It is not a second dossier, but contains new details and challenges - one directly to Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Episcopate. The letter is dated for tomorrow, the Solemnity of the Archangel Michael, but was already published by selected media.

Last August 26, a memorandum from the former Vatican diplomat was published. Since then, Pope Francis has been wrapped in silence. From Rome, there is no answer to the serious allegations posed by Viganò, which together with the publication, called for the resignation of the incumbent head of the Church.

On Tuesday, Francis mentioned on the return flight from Tallinn, without commenting on the content, "that famous letter". But he did not name Viganò by name. That seems too hard to speak of. Francis spoke only of an "ex nuncio".

The "ex-nuncio" came out little more than 48 hours later with a new letter to the public.

"At the beginning of this letter, above all, I want to thank God the Father for every situation and every trial He has appointed, and which He may yet determine for me during my life. Like every baptized person, priest and bishop of the Holy Church, the bride of Christ, I am called to bear witness to the truth. Our only Lord has also addressed to me the invitation, 'Follow me!', And I intend to follow Him with the help of His grace until the end of my days.

"I want to sing to the Lord while I live,

I want to sing praise to my God while I'm here.

Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight

In the Lord. "

(Psalm 103: 33-34) [Katholishes has Psalm 104 for some reason.]

"Qui tacet consentit"

Then the archbishop becomes more concrete:

"In the meantime, a month has passed since I gave my testimony for the good of the Church, which was in the audience with Pope Francis on June 23, 2013, and on certain matters - of which I became aware through the tasks with whom I was assigned in the State Secretariat and in Washington - in the context of those responsible for covering the crimes of the former archbishop of that capital. "

The decision to make this knowledge public had been "the hardest decision" of his life. It was preceded by months of "reflection and prayer". "Thousands of destroyed innocent victims," ​​"destroyed priestly and religious vocations" and "silence" of the pastoral ministers have finally led him to break his secrecy to "protect the Church." He has always faithfully complied with his obligations as a diplomat. But the duty of secrecy, including the papal, to which he pledged himself as a diplomat, "serves to protect the Church from its enemies, not to cover crimes committed by some of its members, or to become its accomplices."

"I declare before God with a clear conscience that my testimony is true. Christ died for the Church, and Peter, Servus servorum Dei, is the first to be called to serve the Bride of Christ. "

"Neither the Pope nor any other cardinal in Rome has denied the facts that I have set out in my testimony. Qui tacet consentit ".

The titular archbishop sees the papal silence as a confession and confirmation of the truth content.

"If they wanted to deny my testimony, they would just have to do it and deliver the documents that support their denial."

Since June 23, 2013, Francis knew "how perverted and diabolical McCarrick was"

At least since June 23, 2013, according to Msgr. Viganò, Pope Francis had learned from his own mouth "how perverted and diabolical McCarrick" had been. Rather than taking action against Theodore McCarrick, then Cardinal of the Church, "as any good shepherd would have done, the Pope made McCarrick one of the main representatives of his government for the US, the Curia, and even China."

The pope's only response was: "I will not say a word!" Then he compared his silence even to the silence of Jesus before Pilate, "and me to the great prosecutor, Satan."

"If he had said, 'Viganò lied' ... he would have strengthened the call of the people of God and the world to present the necessary documents to determine who was telling the truth."

Instead, Pope Francis has made "a subtle slander against me," which he otherwise "often condemned" and even labeled "killing." The pope's silence was "absolutely incompatible with his demand for transparency".

The core of the second dossier is a new allegation against Pope Francis.

"Covering for McCarrick does not seem to have been an isolated mistake by the Pope. Many other cases have recently been documented by the media, who have proven that Pope Francis defended aberrosexual priests who committed serious sexual abuse of minors and adults.”

Msgr. Viganò mentions the case of Julio Grassi in Argentina and the case of Mauro Inzoli in Italy, as well as Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.

Cardinal DiNardo should say if Francis refused to investigate McCarrick

The former Vatican diplomat also mentions that a delegation of the American Bishops' Conference with Cardinal DiNardo at the head of Francis demanded a Vatican investigation against McCarrick.

"Cardinal DiNardo and the other prelates must tell the Church in America and around the world: Did the Pope refuse to investigate the crimes of McCarrick and those responsible for them? Believers have a right to know that. "

In this context, Viganò makes a "special appeal to Cardinal Marc Ouellet," the Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, for whom he feels "great esteem," and with whom he "has always worked well as Nuncio." The cardinal, who had received him for a "long talk" at the end of his mission in Washington, had been steadfast at the beginning of the current pontificate. Then he had been passed over at the episcopal appointments and broken. Msgr. Viganò becomes even clearer in this connection, indicating that Cardinal Ouellet, in the most important task of his Dicastery, the episcopal nominations, was booted out by homosexual clergy, who had "direct" access to Pope Francis, while the prefect responsible was de facto had to stay outside at the door.

A long essay by Ouellet in Osservatore Romano, with whom he defended the most controversial parts of Amoris laetitia, have signaled "his surrender," said Mgr. Viganò. Then he writes directly to the Cardinal Prefect in writing:

"Eminence, before I left for Washington, you spoke to me about the sanctions of Pope Benedict against McCarrick. They have the most important documents available to McCarrick and many who have covered for him at the Curia. Your Eminence, I urge you to bear witness to the truth! "

Appeal to the faithful: never be discouraged!

An appeal of the former top diplomat also applies to the faithful:

"Finally I want to encourage you, dear brothers and sisters in Christ: never be discouraged! In the Second Epistle to Timothy, embrace the Creed and total trust in our Lord Jesus Christ of St. Paul: 'I know who I have believed', which I have chosen to be my Bishop. This is a time of repentance, repentance, grace to prepare the Church, the Lamb's bride, to be ready to fight and conquer the battle against the infernal dragon with Mary. "

"I know who I believe in."

The letter ends with the words:

"The Lord is firmly at the helm of the ship!

Christ, the truth, may always be the light of your journey!

September 29, 2018, Feast of the Holy Archangel Michael

+ Varlo Maria Viganò

Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana

Apostolic Nuncio "

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Corrispondenza Romana / Edward Pentin / NCR

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Bishop Oster: Abuse Crisis Not About Celibacy

The Passau Bishop Stefan Oster has pointed out in the ARD Morgenmagazin that the abuse crisis is not about celibacy.

Passau (kath.net) Passau Bishop Stefan Oster has pointed out this week in the ARD Morgenmagazin that the abuse crisis is not about celibacy. According to Oster, this has been confirmed by the authors of the DBK's abuse study. In the Churxb, there were always sexually immature people. Even in today's society, there are many singles, often involuntarily. [Did he just identify incels?] These are not put under general suspicion, according to Oster, to be potential culprits.

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German Journo: “What Viganò Says is True in Principle... But It’s Actually Worse”

"... but in reality it is even worse" - "Herder 

Correspondence" makes the question of abuse a big topic and draws from Francis an “ambivalent picture”   - He makes sacrifices, but looks in individual cases and is advice-resistant

Rome (kath.net) “What Viganò says is true in principle, voices from the Vatican say behind the scenes, but it's actually worse." This is what Benjamin Leven writes in a recent, comprehensive article on the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church in the liberal monthly "Herder Korrespondenz". According to Leven, one still feels bound to the "papal mystery". The number of dissatisfied and cold employees in the Curia is great. If someone from this group decided to "unpack", there would not be any stone left in the Vatican on the other.

Leven calls 2018 the “Annus Horribilis" in the history of the Franciscan Pontificate, the trip to Chile was the "worst of his pontificate," in which the planned for Mass services which were sparsely filled. The Rome correspondent of the journal published by the publishing house Herder in Freiburg recalled that Francis had been warned by the curia that Chilean bishops were involved in abuse cover-ups, but he did not believe this information.

The journal's Rome correspondent also described it as "noteworthy" that a few days ago the Pope's Cardinal Council assured Francis of solidarity, but at the same time have made it known that he was "aware that in the current debate, the Holy See will need to formulate necessary clarifications.” Leven made it clear that only Francis himself could release the McCarrick documents - which according to Viganò are documented in the Washington Nunciature and the State Secretariat - as well as the dossier of the Congregation of Bishops, to clarify whether there are sanctions against the US Cardinal under Benedict XVI. which Francis put aside.

It is not unusual, according to Leven, that sanctions imposed on high-ranking clerics would not be made public. This was also the case with the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel. The Rome correspondent also does not think it is outlandish that Pope Francis turned a blind eye to certain people and ignored warnings. There are some examples of this, such as abusive offenders - including Church  leaders - who have covered up, and influential priests with a propensity to double lives and sexual debauchery.

The Rome correspondent finds this reminiscent in this context to the Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, whose  fellow bishop had spent years sexually abusing his nephew. Danneels had tried in 2010 to dissuade the nephew to make the deeds public. Later, the victim gave a recording of the conversation to the media. Despite hints from the Curia,

Danneels was then personally appointed by Francis to the family synods 2014 and 2015.

Another example is Luigi Capozzi, the secretary of Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, the former head of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. In his apartment in the Congregation of the Faith, a gay drug party was caught by the Vatican gendarmerie in 2017. According to Leven, Capozzi received this flat through direct intervention by Coccopalmerio with the Pope. Capozzi was, according to the Herder  even intended for an episcopal post. But Coccopalmerio has even more problematic things to answer for. Thus, Francis, because of the intercession under Benedict XVI.,, who decreed the dismissal of a well-known Italian priest from the clerical state, had mitigated this again. Only after a judgment of the priest by an Italian court, was Francis’  countermeasure reversed.

Leven also brings interesting details about the three employees of the Congregation of the Faith who have been dismissed by Francis. Two of them had worked in the disciplinary department of the Congregation, which has dealt with the cases of abusive priests. Francis has never given a reason for the dismissal, Cardinal Müller has criticized these dismissals several times. These jobs have not been filled up to the present day, although Mueller even asked for these posts to be increased.

For the Herder, therefore, "an ambivalent picture" of Francis arises in the abuse context. He faced the problem, met regularly with victims of abuse and was also able to intervene. At the same time he looks, according to the newspaper in individual cases away and show "advice resistant.” Leven also recalls the Franco-German television documentary, which claimed that Francis, as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was trying to influence the judiciary to protect a pedophile priest.

At the end of his contribution, Leven states that the topic will be instrumentalized by an ecclesiastical political orientation, but from both sides. The conservative side sees the cause of abuse above all "in the moral and doctrinal laxity after the Council.” In addition, according to kath.net there would be a connection with homosexuality. The liberal side, on the other hand, sees power structures, celibacy and the exclusion of women from ordination as responsible for the cases of abuse. [Women are moral agents too, and just as capable of abusing their power and falling into sin and corruption] 

Trans: Tancred venron99@hotmail.com

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Bergoglian Archbishop Islamophile and Aberrophile

Archbishop Perego of Ferrara, a bishop "to the taste" of Pope Francis: for immigration, Islamophile and homophile.

This is a bishop to the liking of the Pope.

(Rome) Archbishop Gian Carlo Perego of Ferrara was photographed last Saturday together with the aberrosexual organization ArciGay "against intolerance".

Msgr. Perego succeeds Archbishop Luigi Negri. The two church representatives could hardly be more different. Monsignor Negri, Ratzingerianer, advocate of the social doctrine of the Church and associated with tradition, is one of the episcopal figures who stand out from the army of the chief shepherds. He also made himself some enemies. As soon as Pope Francis was elected, his first attempts to take Negri out prematurely began. They did not shy away from dirty methods  The attempts were unsuccessful, but counteracted the work of the Archbishop of Ferrara.

Pope Francis affirmed that Msgr. Negri does not conform to his model of bishop by immediately retiring him at the age of 75.

His successor, Msgr. Gian Carlo Perego, was greeted by the media as a Bishop "to the liking" of Francis. As a former Caritas director and head of the immigrant ministry, Migrantes, the Episcopal Conference, "he is close to Francis," says the Corriere della Sera. How can this be measured, or in other words, by what initiatives was the new bishop noticed so far?

-Relations with the Islamic community

-Support of mass immigration

-Food in the church

-Prohibition of criticism of Karl Rahner

-Obstruction of the traditional rite

-Admission of remarried divorced to communion

-and now an action with the largest aberrosexual organization. Archbishop Perego was let himself be publicized for an initiative against the "intolerance" of the "homonormative". The natural order of marriage between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreating and educating children, the family as a basic cell of society and of the state, is therefore only a "homonormative intolerance" - and the Archbishop joins in.

The pictures with the archbishop were published on the Facebook page of ArciGay Ferrara. The archbishop was introduced by the aberrosexuals with the words:

"Always attentive to the theme of immigrants, representatives of a church that accepts and does not discriminate".

Here, too, Msgr. Perego demonstrated his break with his predecessor, who kept aloof from organized homosexuality, criticized "gay marriage," the persecution of Christians by Muslims, and the Islamization of Europe.

The new archbishop, on the other hand, was commemorated on the main square of his episcopal city, together with representatives of ArciGay, in front of a picture banner bearing the inscription: "Against homophobia". The occasion was a photo exhibition organized by ArciGay on "NOIdentity - True Stories Human Stories". The exhibition shows aberrosexuals how they like to present themselves in public: as victims.

Time for the gay lobby, but not for the families

The exhibition as well as the action with Archbishop Perego is part of a campaign to promote homo and gender ideology.

ArciGay is a front organization of the gay lobby. It calls for the introduction of "gay marriage", "surrogacy" and "anti-homophobia laws", the implementation of which would mean the end of freedom of expression and [public] religion. Statements such as, a child has a right to a father and a mother, would already be a punishable "hate speech".

The teachings of the Church do not reconcile the objectives of ArciGay. The only connection, if any, is the quirky fact that the founder of ArciGay was a Catholic priest.

The appearance of Archbishop Perego blends with another event to a dubious picture. Ten days ago, on 16 September, the Archbishop made known his absence on his Diocesan Day for the Family.

The bishop does not go to the families, but to the aberrosexual? Who is this bishop? Such and similar questions currently concern devout Catholics in the Archdiocese of Ferrara.

The archbishop will have missed the family day for good reasons. If he finds time for a photo session with the gay lobby six days later, however, the look gets a bit of a bump.

One of the duties of a pastor is to speak with everyone, not for the sake of speaking, but to bring them to Jesus Christ. Making oneself available as an advertising medium for aberrosexual propaganda means the exact opposite.

So far, no initiative has been announced by Archbishop Perego, a bishop "to the liking" of Pope Francis, for persecuted Christians.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Facebook (screenshot)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Refugee Priest Appears on Church Militant

Edit: what will it take for enough people to realize how Stalinist men like Cupich are before we act. Even if we were the greatest Catholic sinners of all time, do we deserve to suffer the tender mercies Mark Shea-style clergy?

[Church Militant] Chicago priest Fr. Paul Kalchik was forced into hiding after two priests sent by Cdl. Blase Cupich threatened to have him taken away by police if he did not accede to the cardinal's order to be committed to St. Luke's Institute. The orders came shortly after parishioners held a ceremony burning a sacrilegious banner showing a cross and rainbow flag that used to hang in the sanctuary, covering the crucifix. 

Father Kalchik gave Church Militant this exclusive interview at an undisclosed location.

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Pope Stopped Investigation Into Old Liberal Cardinal’s Coverup

Bergoglio with O’Connor, to whom he owed his papacy.

Edit: pay close attention to figures who try to say this isn’t an ideological crisis. The whole jettisoning of sexual mores against the sexual abuse of children was a point of leftist political and social metastasis and experimentation during the late 60s with the mass sexual abuse of children an elite German preparatory school run by the Greens, an Austrian girl’s orphanage, or the depredations of political figures like Red Daniel Cohn-Bendit, or Frederic Mitterrand.

(Rome) Did Pope Francis give the order to stop investigations against British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor?

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who passed away in 2017, played a key role in the election of Pope Francis. This was revealed in November 2014 by his former spokesman Austen Ivereigh in his book "The Great Reformer" about Pope Francis.

The former Archbishop of Westminster and Primate of England and Wales was, according to Ivereigh, a group of four cardinals, the British journalist and author called them team Bergoglio. In addition to Murphy - O'Connor, the team included Godfried Danneels, Karl Lehmann and Walter Kasper. The task of the group was the preparation of the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.

The biographers of Cardinal Danneels unveiled a year later, in the fall of 2015 the existence of a secret circle in the Catholic Church to which the highest church representatives belonged. The group formed in the mid-1990s on the initiative of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ. Their goal was the boycott the  pontificate of John Paul II, then once again, Benedict XVI. The secret circle was named after the venue Sankt Gallen in Switzerland. According to Cardinal Danneels, the members called themselves "the Mafia".

On the basis of these revelations, the picture emerged that the Bergoglio team was the executive arm of the St. Gallen secret society. Pope Francis owes them his election.

Marco Tosatti, together with the Canadian news website LifeSiteNews, now raises serious allegations against Pope Francis. His gratitude to his great election victory went so far as to stop investigations by the Congregation of the Faith against Murphy-O'Connor. Tosatti refers to a "Vatican source", which he describes as a "prominent former figure of the Roman Curia.”

The incident took place in June 2013, three months after the election of Pope Francis. The Prefect of the Faith,

 Gerhard Müller, was celebrating Mass with a group of German students when his secretary came to him and whispered in his ear that Pope Francis wanted to speak to him immediately. The Pope does not care if he is celebrating. He wanted to talk to him right now. In the sacristy, the Prefect ofFaith  met a "frustrated" Francis. He gave him the unequivocal order to immediately stop the initial proceedings against a friend of the pope.

The "Friend of the Pope,” Tosatti said, was no lesser than Cardinal Murphy-O-Connor. There was an investigation against the former Archbishop of Westminister from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, of situation reported by a woman claiming to have been abused by a priest at the age of 13/14. For fifteen years she had tried in vain to draw attention to her case without being heard by the competent authorities. The highest competent body was Cardinal Murphy-O-Connor. Finally, she turned directly to the Congregation of the Faith in Rome.

"Why such an unusual order, which was given in such unusual and inappropriate way to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith?" Asked InfoVaticana.

According to Tosatti, the papal order to terminate the investigation meant that the cardinal simply died on 1 September, 2017 without having to justify the matter.

The Vaticanist, along with LifeSiteNews, had asked various Vatican authorities for information on the matter, without getting an answer. However, LifeSiteNews learned that the woman was recognized by the Archdiocese of Westminster as a victim. She was paid compensation in an out-of-court settlement. She had been sexually abused by Father Michael Hill.

Hill was sentenced to five years in prison in 2002 for the abuse of three minors aged 10 to 14 years. Already in 1997 he had served a sentence for a similar offense. In the 20 years between his ordination to the priesthood at the end of the 60s and the end of the 80s, he is said to have become indecent with about 30 male minors. The British newspaper The Guardian accused Cardinal Cormac-O'Connor of moving Hill from one parish to another and giving him new tasks despite having specific warnings about his abuse of children.

In 1985, he named him chaplain at Gatwick Airport, where Hill abused a mentally handicapped adolescent who had missed his flight.

Several therapists had warned the Cardinal that Hill could abuse more children. Instead, Murphy-O'Connor accepted that the archdiocese paid pain relief to the victims on the condition that they remain silent on the matter, otherwise everything is denied.

The woman who appealed to the Congregation for the Faith said she had been abused by Hill in the late 1960s. At that time, besides Hill, other priests were involved in the abuse, including Murphy-O'Connor.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: InfoVaticana

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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What’s Going to Happen After Bergoglio?

(Rome) A new information service, the newsletter Res Novae - Roman Perspectives wants to analyze monthly the current developments in the Catholic Church and the Roman Curia. The publisher is Abbé Claude Barthe who attracts attention as a "brilliant theologian" in traditional circles, but also in Rome.

The traditional priest is, among other things, spiritual assistant to the Cœtus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum (CISP), which organizes the annual International Pilgrimage of the Tradition Populus Summorum Pontificum ad sedem Petri. This year's pilgrimage to the tomb of the Apostle Prince Peter takes place from 26th- 28th of October.

When Pope Francis declared on August 24, 2017 that he could "confirm with official authority" that the liturgical reform of Pope Paul VI. is “irreversible", Abbé Barthe answered in the presence of Curia Archbishop Georg Gänswein:

"We can say today that the restoration of the liturgy begun by Summorum Pontificum in the Church is irreversible."

On 16 February 2013, a few days after Pope Benedict XVI. surprisingly announced his resignation, Abbé Barthe said the following in an interview with the French daily Présent:

"The progressives, who ultimately represent a deadly liberalism, saw an opportunity in the resignation of Benedict XVI. "

The French liturgist was ordained a priest in 1979 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, but had been released from the Society of Saint Pius X a year later because of "sedevacantism". He himself vigorously denied the accusation. After the election of Pope Benedict XVI. in 2005 he returned to full unity with Rome.

The Abbé Barthe commented on the resignation of Benedict in the aforementioned interview on 16 February 2013 with the following words:

"Benedict XVI. has alluded to his exhaustion. One speaks of a worrying condition of his heart. In fact, one can also say that he did not succeed, did not understand, perhaps did not want to find a strong help in the exercise of his office. Knowing he was an intellectual of the highest order, but not a man of governance, he could have sought the assistance of a Secretary of State who steadfastly directed the Curia, a man of sound doctrine for the Congregation of the Faith, cardinals as dicastery leaders, powerful, barons 'are, as was the case in the time of John Paul II, but this time with the difference that they would have been Ratzingerian barons. Instead, he gave the impression of hesitating as to which line was the real 'Ratzinger line': that of the council theologian, who had contributed to the overthrow of the curia of Pius XII., or that of the author of 'The State of Faith', who for almost 25 years as Prefect of the Congregation of the Faith has sought to stem the raging torrent of the Council and developing intellectually, the restoration process begun by John Paul II."

The first issue of Res Novae

These days the first issue of Res Novae has been released. In the future, various language editions are planned, for now mainly a French and an Italian.

In the editorial, Abbé Barthe deals with the question of what time will look like "after Bergoglio". "Will the future be a liberal escape, given the prevailing winds, with a new pope who will be a kind of ecclesiastical Trudeau or Macron?" Nothing is less certain than that, according to Barthe, the editor for Henri Tincq Religious issues from the leftist daily Le Monde refer. Tincq expressed the fear that it could rather come to a "reaction" that reduces the pontificate of Pope Francis to a "mere interlude". So become a "new Benedict XVI. rather, Barthe argues, it is necessary to break this scheme of progressive-conservative antagonism by a genuine renewal in the spirit of tradition, "by daring to do nov novae, really new things, namely eternal things."

In addition, the first edition deals with the Viganò dossier, which is described as an "indicator of a church crisis". In church history, there were "many prelates" who gave 

  who is attracting attention as a "brilliant theologian" in traditional circles, but also in Rome.

The traditional priest is, among other things, spiritual assistant to the Cœtus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum (CISP), which organizes the annual International Pilgrimage of the Tradition Populus Summorum Pontificum ad sedem Petri. This year's pilgrimage to the tomb of the Apostle Prince Peter takes place from 26th - 28th of October.

When Pope Francis declared on August 24, 2017 that he could "confirm with official authority" that the liturgical reform of Pope Paul VI. Is "Irreversible", Abbé Barthe answered in the presence of Curia Archbishop Georg Gänswein:

"We can say today that the restoration of the liturgy begun by Summorum Pontificum in the Church is irreversible."

On 16 February 2013, a few days after Pope Benedict XVI. surprisingly announced his resignation, said Abbé Barthe in an interview with the French daily Présent:

"The progressives, who ultimately represent a deadly liberalism, got a breath of fresh morning air at the resignation of Benedict XVI.”

The French liturgist was ordained a priest in 1979 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, but had been released from the Society of Saint Pius X a year later because of "sedevacantism". He himself vigorously denied the accusation. After the election of Pope Benedict XVI. in 2005 he returned to full unity with Rome.

When Benedict XVI resigned, Abbé Barthe responded with the following words in the aforementioned interview on 16 February 2013:
"Benedict XVI. has alluded to his exhaustion. One speaks of a worrying condition of his heart. In fact, one can also say that he did not succeed, did not understand, perhaps did not want to find a strong help in the exercise of his office. Knowing he was an intellectual of the highest order, but not a man of governance, he could have sought the assistance of a Secretary of State who steadfastly directed the Curia, a man of sound doctrine for the Congregation of the Faith, cardinals as dicastery leaders, powerful, barons 'are, as was the case in the time of John Paul II, but this time with the difference that they are Ratzingerian barons. Instead, he gave the impression of hesitating which line was the real 'Ratzinger line': that of the counciliar theologian, who had contributed to the overthrow of the curia of Pius XII., or that of the author of 'The State of Faith', who for almost 25 years as Prefect of the Congregation of the Faith has sought to stem the raging torrent of the Council and, intellectually developed the restoration process begun by John Paul II has developed."

The first issue of Res Novae

In the past days the first issue of Res Novae have  been released. In the future, various language editions are planned, for now mainly a French and an Italian.

In the editorial, Abbé Barthe deals with the question of what things will look like "after Bergoglio". "Will the future be a liberal escape, given the prevailing winds, with a new pope who will be a kind of ecclesiastical Trudeau or Macron?" 

Nothing is less certain than that, according to Barthe, according to the editor Henri Tincq who writes for Religious issues in the leftist daily Le Monde. Tincq expressed the fear that it could rather come to a "reaction" that reduces the pontificate of Pope Francis to a "mere interlude". Then wIll a “new Benedict XVI. follow with the same result?.”  It is necessary,  Barthe argues, to break this scheme of progressive-conservative antagonism by a genuine renewal in the spirit of tradition, "by daring to do nov novae, really new things, namely eternal things."

In addition, the first edition deals with the Viganò dossier, which is described as an "indicator of a church crisis". In Church  history, there were "many prelates" who gave themselves up to "scandalous secularization.” Since the recent Council, however, "there is the impression" that the protective dams have been broken.

"This is particularly evident in the spread of repugnant sins that are followed by media-appropriate guilty confessions rather than a true ascetic and spiritual renewal?”

One focus of the first issue is the solo effort of German bishops, with whom they want to force intercommunion. With the ecumenism of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the mission is "buried" by evangelization. Rome proves itself in the matter as "absent Magisterium."

Special attention is also paid to the Dutch Cardinal Willem Jacob Eijk. The archbishop of Utrecht, who works "discreetly and resolutely", is devoted to a brief portrait that at the same time briefly outlines the development of the Church in the Netherlands. Monsignor Eijk was created a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI. 2012 after having been appointed to the Archdiocese of Utrecht in 2007. This was once held by Cardinal Willebrands, "one of the most progressive ecumenists" ("one must not speak of a return of separated Christians"). From Willebrand to Simonis to Eijk, the most important episcopal see in the Netherlands has experienced a remarkable change of direction. In 1966, the notorious "Dutch Catechism" was published in the Netherlands by Edward Schillebeeckx, who, as a modernist manifesto of a "different church," deviated in numerous ways from traditional teaching. Cardinal Eijk is the faithful counterexample. He represents the Dubia (Doubts) in the Netherlands today regarding the admission of remarried divorced and Lutherans to the Sacraments.

In a few days it will be possible to subscribe to Res Novae.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Res Novae (screenshot) 

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Pope Admits He’s the Devil

Edit: Many a truth is said in jest.

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to the Baltic countries (all times local):

Pope Francis has acknowledged that his reputation pales a bit compared to St. John Paul II — at least as far as Poles are concerned.

Greeting journalists Saturday en route to Lithuania, Francis was given a book about the former pope by Polish photographer Grzegorz Galazka. Receiving the large book with a beaming John Paul on the cover, Francis quipped: "(Pope John Paul II) was a saint, I am the devil."

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Bishop “Very Close” to Pope Congratulates Masonic Lodge

(Buenos Aires) An Argentinian bishop and Jesuit congratulated the Masonic lodge of his episcopal city upon its founding. The event itself is spectacular. The bishop, however, is not just any ordinary.

Congratulation of the bishop: "Keep working in the service of humanity and universal brotherhood.

The Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Msgr. Jorge Rubén Lugones, sent to the Masonic Lodge "Giuseppe Mazzini" No. 118 his "congratulations" on the 126th anniversary of its founding.

The letter is dated 11th September and was addressed by the Bishop to Mr. Martin Sarubbi of the "Venerable Lodge Giuseppe Mazzini No. 118.”

Bishop Rubén Lugones, like Pope Francis, belongs to the Jesuit Order. Along with "cordial greetings" he wrote to the lodge brothers:

"May this celebration encourage you to continue to work for your ideals of love, service to humanity, and universal brotherhood.”

With great satisfaction, the lodge published the letter on September 17 on Facebook:

"Today we received this greeting from the diocese of Lomas de Zamora. We publicly thank you for the reverence and reaffirm our commitment to work together for greater freedom, equality and fraternity by setting aside anachronistic differences. "

By "anachronistic differences" is meant the ecclesiastical prohibition of the lodge membership for Catholics. Since the founding of Freemasonry 300 years ago, the Church has been teaching its incompatibility with the Catholic faith because of its grave, ideological differences.

Who is Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones?

Bishop Ruben Lugones with Pope FrancisBishop Ruben Lugones with Pope Francis

The 66-year-old bishop was born in the state of Buenos Aires. In 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Nueva Orèn. He was consecrated by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, then Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Since 2008 he has been Bishop of Lomas de Zamora. At the Argentine Episcopal Conference he is a member of the Commission for the Pastoral Care of Indians and for the Commission for Social Affairs.

The journalist Sergio Rubin, longtime confidant and first biographer of the current Pope, described Jorge Rubén Lugones as "close to the pope" in the Argentine daily Clarin last June.

The Lodge Giuseppe Mazzini no. 118

The lodge Giuseppe Mazzini No. 118 describes itself as a "philanthropic, philosophical and progressive society". On their website, it says:

"Freemasonry is an initiate, esoteric, elitist, and knightly order that seeks to develop the ethical, moral, and spiritual enrichment of its members."

And further:

"Faith in a God whom it calls the Great Builder of the Universe, along with love, service to humanity and universal brotherhood, forms the foundations of our system."

Symbol of the lodge Giuseppe Mazzini no. 118

According to the lodge's website, the Masonic "system" means "an educational, philosophical, traditional and symbolic system", "seeking knowledge to reach the truth". However, this "truth" does not mean the Christian truth, or more precisely, the truth personified in Jesus Christ ("I am the truth") in the Christian understanding. Rather, Freemasonry was founded precisely because it rejects the Christian (divine) offer of truth, and instead seeks a hidden truth independently of it.

The decoupling of Freemasonry from Christianity is described as follows:

"It does not prohibit or impose a religious belief or practice on its members."

Judgment of the Church about Freemasonry unchanged

The congratulation of Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones took place despite the repeated condemnation of Freemasonry by the Church, most recently in 1983 by the Roman Congregation of the Faith under its then prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger:

 "Judgment of the church unchanged
The question was raised as to whether the Church's judgment on Freemasonry has changed due to the fact that the new CIC does not explicitly mention it as the earlier one.

This Congregation is able to answer that this fact is based on the same editorial criterion as for other associations, which were also not mentioned, because they are integrated into broader categories.

The Church's negative verdict on Masonic unions remains unchanged because its principles have always been considered inconsistent with the doctrine of the Church, and therefore its membership in them is prohibited. Believers belonging to Masonic associations are thus in a state of grave sin and can not receive Holy Communion.

Authorities of the local Church are not entitled to comment on the nature of Masonic unions in a judgment overriding the above, in accordance with the declaration of this Congregation of 17 February 1981 (see AAS 73/1981; Pp. 240-241).

Pope John Paul II confirmed this declaration, which was adopted at the ordinary session of this Congregation, in the audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect and ordered its publication.

Rome, at the seat of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 26 November 1983.
Joseph Cardinal RATZINGER
Prefect"

Master of the chair Martin Sarubbi (sitting on the right)Master of the chair Martin Sarubbi (sitting on the right)

Giuseppe Mazzini

Freemasonry is considered the declared enemy of the Church. Her urgent goals include the suppression of the Church ch’s influence on people. In doing so, it concretely fights Catholic morality. The role of Freemasonry in the anti-Semitic incitement of the Enlightenment and in the French Revolution is well documented. The same applies to a great extent to their role in the nineteenth century in combating and destroying the Papal States.

The high-grade freemason Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), after whom the lodge no. 118 is named, is a telling example of the revolutionary spirit of the lodge brothers and their hostility towards the Church. In Genoa in 1827, he experienced his Masonic initiation. At the beginning of the 1830s, during his imprisonment in Savona, he was awarded the 32nd degree, which was a prerequisite for being admitted to the level of the "Highest Revenge" in the Carboneria secret society. In 1866 he was awarded the 33rd degree. At the same time he was admitted to the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite. As a Republican and Antimonarchist, he also had to leave Italy, united in 1861, and lived in exile in London. In 1870, when the military struggle against the Papal State reached its final phase, he immediately returned to Italy and organized new unrest. Because of his rejection of the monarchy, he had to leave Italy again after the successful destruction of the Papal State. Shortly before his death in 1872, his Catholic sister tried to persuade him to do penance, to repent and return to the Church. He answered her, "I have no regrets." He died on March 10, 1872 without spiritual assistance under a false name in the mansion of a lodge brother and surrounded by leading Masons. Such a ritual not only happens as a farewell, but is intended to prevent the dying man from becoming "weak" on his death bed, and returning to the faith of the archenemy, the Church.

More recently, several former Masons have left  books offering a glimpse behind the scenes of the lodges.

A more in-depth analysis was provided in 2009 by sociologist and columnist Lorenz Jäger with his study, "Behind the Grand Orient. Freemasonry and revolutionary movements." [Not available in English. At least not on Amazon.] 

Wreath with lodge symbol: Award by the lodge no. 118

An illuminating insight, albeit dressed in a historical novel, is also offered in 2015 by the lawyer Norbert Nemeth, club director of the liberal parliamentary club in the Austrian National Council (comparable to the parliamentary executive director of a parliamentary group with the difference that the club director is not a member of parliament) entitled, "In the shadow of Gracchus".

Because of the proximity of Bishop Rubén Lungone's SJ to Pope Francis, one can not expect a reaction from Rome to the unusual writing and the thus celebrated rapprochement between Church and lodge.

The aforementioned books can be purchased through our book partner in German. (Not available in English yet.)

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Facebook / Clarin / Adoracion y Liberacion (Screenshots)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Cupich Aims to Destroy Faithful Priest Who Burnt Sodomy Flag

Edit: The previous pastor died as sordidly as he lived, a friend of Cardinal Bernardin, he was an avid supporter of the evils of sodomy. Meanwhile, +++Cupich has marshaled his evil forces and thrown Father abruptly from his rectory. There have been numerous death threats and vandalism from the NOH8 crowd. This is an exact duplicate of the treatment meted out to the late Bishop Rogelio Liveres.

 Has anyone read the story of Lot?

And you’d think that this priest had burned an icon or desecrated the Sacrament.
 
[Mahound’s Paradise] Just hours ago, new Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Mark Bartosic arrived unannounced at Resurrection Parish on Chicago's Northwest side and told Pastor Paul Kalchik that he had just minutes to get his belongings together and vacate the premises or the police would be called to arrest him for trespassing.

Fr. Kalchik was about to perform a wedding.

Soon after, Fr. Kalchik left for an undisclosed location, accompanied by his brother who had been visiting the parish.

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Brazilian Paper: “Pope Benedict Has Parkinson’s”

What about the state of health of Benedict XVI? Is this for real? The most recent picture of the head of the church (2005-2013), to whom many glances are directed in the current Church crisis.

(Rome) In Germany, media reports, Benedict XVI. has compared his resignation with the resignation of Pope Pius XII. in 1944, when he feared being taken hostage by the National Socialists (see When did Benedict XVI comment on the pope's crisis?). In Brazil it is also reported that the former Pope suffers from Parkinson's.

The Bild-Zeitung published extracts yesterday from a letter that Benedict XVI. sent in November to an unnamed German cardinal. The letter is startling, because the eighth German Pope of Church history seems to indicate that he has resigned in fear of his life. So far he has repeatedly insisted that his historically unprecedented renunciation took place voluntarily.

Since then, new questions have been raised in the room.

Meanwhile, Bergoglians have been enthusiastic about the picture article. First and foremost, because it distracts from Pope Francis, who is in severe distress because of the US abuse scandal. Especially, however, because the Bild newspaper spread the thesis with its article that Benedict XVI.’s resignation is due to the current Church crisis. His opponents had always claimed the opposite. Those forces that hindered Benedict's pontificate wherever they could applauded his resignation frenetically. At present, however, they are obviously reaching for every straw to support Francis. The Vatican still seems to have no clear ideas about how to deal with the incriminating Viganò dossier.

Benedict XVI. in the Vatican Gardens (published August 22, 2018)

The Bergoglian also finds satisfaction in the fact that the Bild article shows a conflict among friends: not conservatives against progressives, as has been shown for decades, but Ratzinger against Ratzingerians. That's why they immediately pointed to Cardinal Walter Brandmüller. He was the unknown cardinal to whom Benedict XVI. wrote a "letter of anger". This dramatization fits into the "image", namely the Bild newspaper, which belongs to the globalist media and never stands on the side of Benedict XVI in ecclesiastical questions.

In Brazil, meanwhile, the magazine Veja reported on "The Martyrdom of Benedict XVI". 

But first a look back:

Last February, the media reported "death rumors surrounding former Pope Benedict". His brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, was "concerned about the state of health" of Benedict XVI. In an interview with Neue Post, he spoke of a "paralysis" that affected "my brother Joseph.” “The biggest concern is that the paralysis could eventually go to the heart. And then it can be over quickly.” And further: "I pray every day for a good hour of death for me and my brother. For both of us. That's a big wish we have."

The Vatican press office hastened the brother of Benedict XVI. to deny:

"The alleged news of a debilitating or degenerative disease is wrong."

On the health of Benedict XVI. the Vatican explained:

"He feels the burden of the years, as is normal at his age".

Now, the Brazilian magazine Veja reported on Benedict XVI that "the Pope suffers from the symptoms of Parkinson's, a disease that could have contributed to his decision.”

The magazine appeals "exclusively" to Church representatives who "are close to the emeritus pope":

"Benedict XVI. suffers from Parkinson's and already felt the signals of the disease when he stepped down. "

His daily routine was "very limited because of the disease".

Veja does not mention the source of information that remains anonymous because it is not authorized to speak publicly about the health of the former Pope.

In support of the claim, Veja refers to the illness of Pope John Paul II. He had "suffered from Parkinson's since 1996". Only in 2001 did his personal physician speak of it for the first time in an interview. In addition Veja: The "Polish Pope died in 2005, without the Vatican officially confirming his condition.”

According to the Brazilian weekly magazine, the Vatican behaves now with Benedict XVI. just like that. The official reading is:

"The emeritus Pope is fine. His 'illness' is his 91 years."

The latest known picture of Benedict XVI. was on 22 August by the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI. posted on Facebook. It shows Benedict with Don Simone Billeci, lecturer at the Theological Faculty of Sicily. Don Billeci presented Benedict in the garden of the monastery Mater Ecclesiae, the unpublished dissertation, previously edited by him, by Michael Johannes Marmann. Marmann's dissertation was supervised by Ratzinger during his teaching career at the University of Regensburg. The preface to the publication is by Cardinal Gerhard Müller.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Facebook / Fondaziona Vaticana Joseph Ratzinger / Benedetto XVI (screenshot)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Cardinal Zen: Vatican-China Agreement Will Be Disastrous for Entire Church — Parolin Doesn’t Have Faith, He Should Resign

Edit:
a few days ago there was an article in the Catholic Herald about the unofficial custodian of China relations with the Vatican and millions of Chinese Catholics, the disgraced and rotten Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. In the Italian Monthly, 30 Days, he was already on record.

Cardinal Zen sharply criticized the Vatican-China agreement and calls for the resignation of Cardinal Secretary Parolin "He should resign, I do not believe he has faith"

Hong Kong (kath.net) Joseph Cardinal Zen, the well-known Emeritus Archbishop of Hong Kong, sharply criticized the Vatican agreement with China. This is reported by Reuters. This agreement is an "incredible betrayal" of the Catholic faith. At the core of the agreement is that Chinese Catholics recognize the Pope, for which the Vatican will recognize the excommunicated bishops of the communist state church. In the end, two Catholic bishops would have to give up their diocesan seats.

Zen was especially critical of Cardinal Secretary of State Parolin. "He should resign, I do not think he has any faith, he's just a good diplomat in a very secular sense." The consequence of this agreement is serious for the whole world. It will be unbelievable for the Church. That's why, according to Zen, the Vatican agreement is kept as secret as possible. According to Zen, the agreement with the Vatican will be accepted by at most half of the Roman Catholic Church in China. "I'm afraid they'll do something irrational, they'll make a revolution."

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Pope in Denial: Classic Projection

Edit: this is the strategy of people who abuse their power. Notice the lack of any argument. He’s talking about himself.

While God’s holy Church is made up of sinners, it also has its share of hypocrites who love to cry “scandal” to point out the failings of others and make themselves appear pure, Pope Francis said at morning Mass.

“The devil doesn’t have anything to do with repentant sinners because they look to God and say, ‘Lord, I’m a sinner. Help me,’ and the devil is impotent,” the pope said Sept. 20 during Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

“But with the hypocrites he is strong,” Pope Francis said. “He is strong, and he uses them to destroy, to destroy people, destroy society, destroy the church.”

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French Gynecologist Says, “Abortion is Murder”

TV interview with Bernard de Rochambeau: "Abortion is Murder".

(Paris) Statements by Bertrand de Rochambeau,  President of the gynecologist association Syngof, the largest association of women's gynecologists and obstetricians in France, caused a great stir in France. The well-known gynecologist made only a factual statement.

De Rochambeau said on September 11 in an interview for Quotidien TV channel TMC, why he does not perform abortions. His clear and logical justification: Because abortion is murder. The doctor said:

"We are not here to kill lives".

De Rochambeau relies on freedom of conscience. The French abortion law, Loi Veil, enshrines the right to conscientious objection.

The journalist responded by saying that the law did not speak of killing a human being and asked de Rochambeau if abortion was murder. The gynecologist answered without hesitation:

"Yes Madam!"

"That's my belief, because that's the reality."

Thus, he drew on himself, just as the show was broadcast, the aggressive reaction of the French Minister of Health, Agnes Buzyn. "Nothing and no one" should "hinder" abortion, said the Minister in a press release signed with Marlène Schiappa, State Secretary for Gender Equality.

The writer Schiappa is a radical feminist from a Trotskyist family, who became a member of the Socialist Party (PS) in protest against her father. Since 2017 she belongs to Macron's movement La République en Marche (REM). With her State Secretariat, she promotes gender ideology and participated last June as the first French member of government in San Francisco (USA) at the oldest “Gay Pride” in the world. Since last year she is in dispute with France's gynecologist. Israel Nisand, President of the French professional association of gynecologists and obstetricians, was "shocked" by "false figures" spread by Shiappa. The Secretary of State had claimed that 75 per cent of all births in France were terminated, and described this as a form of medical "violence against women."

Hematologist Buzyn was not affiliated with her appointment to the government of President Emmanuel Macron. Since then she also belongs to the movement REM. Buzyn had already been a staunch defender of Loi Veil, the French abortion law named after Simone Veil (1927-2017). Those who are not pro-abortion advocates would have no chance to become health ministers in a French left-wing government. Acting President Macron has been a member of the Socialist Party until 2016 and was Minister of Economic Affairs under President Hollande. Agnes Buzyn, a Jew like Simone Veil, was first married to Pierre-François Veil, a son of Simone Veil.

In their statement, Buzyn and Schiappa reviled Bertrand de Rochambeau:

"We must not allow any attack on women's rights to free access to the intended termination of pregnancy, no matter which side it comes from."

Similar statements were made by senior government representatives of the medical association and feminist organizations. The statements of de Rochambeau were called "scandalous and intolerable". They are a "stain on the entire profession".

Syngof made it clear that de Rochambeau did not speak in his role as chair of the advocacy group, but stressed at the same time that "the right to freedom of conscience is not up for discussion".

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image:

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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US Psychologist: Those Who Use the Term Clericalism Are Participating in the Coverup

Edit: we noticed this word being childishly thrown around by some of the usual suspects, and it is so widespread that it’s being used by more trusted news sources also. This is a problem with heresy, and laicism (secularism) is being posed as the solution. 

Those who are familiar with the depredations to religion caused by government agencies, particularly in the United States, not to mention the deep moral depravity of government officials would do well to question more government and lay oversight. 

Does anyone still recall the Franklin Savings and Loan scandal?

US psychologist Richard Fitzgibbons has dealt with priests for almost 40 years. In all these cases involving children or adolescents, the perpetrator was previously involved in homosexual relationship

Washington DC. (Kath.net) The well-known US psychologist Richard Fitzgibbons criticized in a contribution to "LifeSiteNews" the explanations that the abuse crisis of the Catholic Church has something to do with clericalism. If you do this, you engaging in part of a coverup of the problem. Fitzgibbons recalled that the recent Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report clearly stated that there was clearly a homosexual problem. 73 percent of the victims can be assigned to this category.

In his opinion, the abuse crisis is rooted in psychological and spiritual conflicts among bishops and priests. It is about narcissism and "profound weakness in male confidence," which can lead to a homosexual relationship system.

In his clinic, he had treated victims of priests for almost 40 years. In any case involving children or adolescents, the perpetrator was previously involved in homosexual relationships. Fitzgibbons is director of the Institute for Marital Healing and has worked with thousands of couples for the last 34 years.

You can read an essay here in pdf for free.

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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McCarrick’s Crimes Are “Private Matters” According to Pope’s Advisor

Cardinal Maradiaga, one of the closest pope's confidants, says after being heavily criticized after the revelations, he has received "death threats".

(Rome) As far as Pope's confidant Cardinal Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa and coordinator of the C9 Cardinal's Council is concerned, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's crimes committed under canon law are a "private matter" and an "administrative issue".

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga is one of the busiest figures in the current pontificate, earning him the nickname "vice-pope". Indeed, the Primate of Honduras and former President of Caritas Internationalis is said to have ambitions after Francis’ succession.

Religion Digital, the main progressive news portal in the Spanish-speaking world, published an interview with the Cardinal, which sounded a bit different in tone than he has recently.

Aberro-lobby in the Vatican a media fantasy

In January 2016, in an interview with the daily newspaper El Heraldo de Honduras, he confirmed the existence of a "gay lobby in the Vatican" that puts "pressure" on Church leadership to make decisions in their favor. Among other things, Maradiaga said at the time:

El Heraldo: Was there an infiltration of the gay community into the Vatican or a similar attempt?

Cardinal Maradiaga: Not only that, the Holy Father himself has said that there is a "lobby" in that sense. The Holy Father is slowly trying to clean it up. These are things ... you understand and there are actions to serve them pastorally, but what is wrong can not be true.

Now he is saying:

"The gay lobby in the Vatican is something that exists more in the printing ink of the media than in reality."

Cardinal Maradiaga

Cardinal Maradiaga: Papal critics have "no faith"

The comment was based on the former apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who in his famous dossier, published on the 26th of August, lists Cardinal Maradiaga as one of the ex-Cardinal McCarrick's patrons. The former Vatican top diplomat, sneered Maradiaga ironically, should know himself that the "gay lobby in the Vatican" is above all a media fantasy.

In general, the interview surprised by its non-answers, which in turn and in their way, nevertheless, also gave information.

The cardinal was specifically addressed on the Viganò dossier and the McCarrick case:

Religion Digital: The Viganò dossier accuses the Pope of covering up Cardinal McCarrick's homosexual relationships with seminarians and calls for his resignation. What do you think about this?

Cardinal Maradiaga: Making a private issue into a bomb that explodes in the world and whose splinters violate many people's beliefs does not seem right to me. I think that a management question should be spread on calmer and more objective criteria, and not with a load of bitter expressions. I think that Msgr. Viganò, whom I knew, is not the same person who writes and says these things.

Religon Digital: If it is true that Viganò informed the Pope, then why did not Francis act?

Cardinal Maradiaga: Actually, I do not know to what extent the Holy Father acted or not. This is an issue beyond my knowledge and competence. I believe that the Pope is a man of God who always acts with faith and wisdom.

Maradiaga's thesis: All is just a conspiracy against Francis

Already in the past, the Honduran cardinal had complained of a conspiracy against Pope Francis. It’s an allegation in which he repeatedly linked criticism against him with criticism of Francis, and was a victim of Franciscan critics who would attack him to actually hit Francis. Religion Digital has no problem picking up on this thesis and accentuating it.

Religion Digital: Is the Viganò dossier part of a conspiracy of the extreme right in the US that does not accept the Magisterium of Francis?

Cardinal Maradiaga: From the first moment one could perceive that there has been a reaction against Pope Francis, who wants to interfere with his teaching. Tensions are inevitable in the face of diversity, but to seek the truth and love the Church is a duty for all, especially when acting out of faith. Accepting or not accepting the person of the Pope does not come from the secular optics of sympathy and antipathy, but from that of the faith. When faith is lacking, the foundation is missing.

It is also not new that Cardinal Maradiaga, without responding directly to the criticism, denies that critics of the administration of Pope Francis have faith.

Homosexuality and priesthood

Religion Digital: Is there a gay lobby in the Vatican?

Cardinal Maradiaga: I have the impression that the idea of ​​a gay lobby in the Vatican is disproportionate. This is something that exists more in the printing ink of newspapers than in reality. It is obvious to me that the purpose of all these expressions, charged with poison and slander, is to strike the Holy Father. But if they have no faith, the actors of this media circus will not give up their lies.

Religion Digital then wanted to get from the pope's confidant an answer to a question that has become particularly explosive and topical in the context of recent scandals. However, the cardinal owes a clear answer to a clear question. Most readers of Religion Digital and probably most of the faithful can not do anything with his answer. The non-Catholics, certainly not.

Religion Digital: Can a homosexual who has achieved a clear psychological and sexual maturity become a priest?

Cardinal Maradiaga: All Bishops' Conferences in all countries of the world are aware of the absolute and apodictic principles of the Church, such as those set forth in Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis.

The progressive medium was satisfied with that. Inquiries were waived.

Religion Digital: Did Cardinal McCarrick support the election of Francis, and did the Pope feel indebted to the North American Cardinal?

Cardinal Maradiaga: First and foremost, one has to understand the ultimate significance of this assertion in the case of Msgr. Viganò. It seems to me baseless. He was not in the conclave. I honestly do not believe it.

But that's not all.

"Hitman” and "death threats"

Two days after Religion Digital, the Italian daily Il Giornale also published an article with a sensational headline citing a conversation with Cardinal Maradiaga:

"The war in the Church does not know a truce: 'Eminence, if you speak, we'll kill'”

The author is Fabio Marchese Ragona, a journalist who has maintained close contacts with the Cardinal for many years. The subject is alleged death threats against the Honduran Cardinal..

"After the allegations and attacks of the past months, also through the dossier of Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò, which targets the Pope and other cardinals, one of Francis' closest associates received anonymous phone calls, in Spanish, with serious death threats: If he publicly opposes those who accuse him, he will be dead."

While Cardinal Maradiaga, in an interview with Religion Digital, reneged on all his critics and those of Pope Francis, in an interview with Il Giornale he tries to give the impression that all his critics are threatening him with death.

Already on August 29, he had in an interview, described the Vaticanist Edward Pentin (EWTN, National Catholic Register) as a “hitman.” With several revelations published last spring, Pentin, a reputable professional journalist, had weighed in heavily on the Cardinal.

Allegations scratch the papabile image

But it is not only Pentin's revelations that scratch the papabile image of the archbishop of Tegucigalpa. A few days ago, a priest raised new charges, which according to Maradiaga's own account, was suspended without stating a reason and without any possibility of defending himself. The priest is the native Spaniard Bernardo Font, who addressed Pope Francis in July with an open letter.

Like ambassador widow Martha Reichmann Valladares, he feels cheated by Maradiaga.

Recently, the cardinal denounced the social networks he accuses of spreading criticism against him as "fecal networks." With respect to Il Giornale, he now more or less stated that any criticism of his person was a form of murder threat.

Observers doubt that such a defense strategy can last long, but above all that it helps Pope Francis.

They defended Maradiaga in the end of January and declared the then criticism of the cardinal for settled. But the criticism did not stop, and new revelations were added, so that in July Maradiaga had to sacrifice his right hand, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Jose Pineda, in order to keep himself. Pineda's departure, in turn, has a lot to do with homosexuality and the question of whether or not homosexuals can and should become priests, which Maradiaga answered only very evasively.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi

Image: Il Giornale / Religion Digital (Screenshots)

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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