Bishop Fellay's interview: a work of the Church!
The SSPX's Superior General answers some questions about the priestly society and its current status with Rome. On the occasion of the blessing of the bells for the chapel of the St-Michel de La …More
The SSPX's Superior General answers some questions about the priestly society and its current status with Rome.
On the occasion of the blessing of the bells for the chapel of the St-Michel de La Martinerie school in Chateauroux, Bishop Fellay gave Present an update on the situation of the Society of St. Pius X, of which he is the Superior General.
Present: In an interview with Fideliter in 2001, you mentioned the "movement of profound sympathy from the young clergy for the Society." Has this movement grown, especially with the motu proprio in 2007?
Bishop Fellay: Without a doubt! The motu proprio gave this movement a new impetus. And it is important to insist upon Benedict XVI's interest for the liturgy in general. He truly wished to put the entire traditional liturgy, not only the Mass, at the disposition of the priests and the faithful; this did not happen because there was too much opposition. But the young priests identify with this liturgy, precisely because it is timeless. The …More
On the occasion of the blessing of the bells for the chapel of the St-Michel de La Martinerie school in Chateauroux, Bishop Fellay gave Present an update on the situation of the Society of St. Pius X, of which he is the Superior General.
Present: In an interview with Fideliter in 2001, you mentioned the "movement of profound sympathy from the young clergy for the Society." Has this movement grown, especially with the motu proprio in 2007?
Bishop Fellay: Without a doubt! The motu proprio gave this movement a new impetus. And it is important to insist upon Benedict XVI's interest for the liturgy in general. He truly wished to put the entire traditional liturgy, not only the Mass, at the disposition of the priests and the faithful; this did not happen because there was too much opposition. But the young priests identify with this liturgy, precisely because it is timeless. The …More
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"The risk of separation is serious. Look at the caricature of Tradition that calls itself the "Resistance", for example: it is a non-Catholic spirit …More
"The risk of separation is serious. Look at the caricature of Tradition that calls itself the "Resistance", for example: it is a non-Catholic spirit that is almost sectarian. We wish to have nothing to do with it; it is a movement that is withdrawn into itself, with people who think that they are the only good and just men on earth: that is not Catholic. It is an objective, but relative danger."
Unfortunately, His Excellency puts up a straw man in his attempts to broadly dismiss the many priests and faithful that do not agree with the new orientation of the Society since the 2012 Declaration. His statement above alone is blatantly contradicted by Bishop Williamson in a sermon given just a few days ago. This can be heard approximately 24.5 minutes into the video here: www.youtube.com/watch .
Unfortunately, His Excellency puts up a straw man in his attempts to broadly dismiss the many priests and faithful that do not agree with the new orientation of the Society since the 2012 Declaration. His statement above alone is blatantly contradicted by Bishop Williamson in a sermon given just a few days ago. This can be heard approximately 24.5 minutes into the video here: www.youtube.com/watch .
A tale of two statues
Above, we see Pope Francis blessing the statue named by its sculptor, “Homeless Jesus.” It represents the only image of Jesus Christ that the worldly can accept: A Jesus who is downtrodden and weak;…More
Above, we see Pope Francis blessing the statue named by its sculptor, “Homeless Jesus.”
It represents the only image of Jesus Christ that the worldly can accept:
A Jesus who is downtrodden and weak; a Jesus victimized by society’s ills, not unlike so many others.
Most importantly, the “Homeless Jesus” is silent; He renders no judgments and makes no demands beyond providing an image that provokes an earthbound sense of guilt within the “haves,” while simultaneously fanning the flames of class warfare within the “have nots.”
This is the Jesus of our current pope; the one after which he intends to remodel the Church.
It is the same Jesus described by Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, the man Pope Francis personally chose to lead the group of cardinals advising him on the Curia’s reorganization, who said:
The function of the hierarchy is redefined in reference to Jesus as Suffering Servant, not as “Pantocrator” – lord and emperor of this world; only from the perspective of someone crucified …More
It represents the only image of Jesus Christ that the worldly can accept:
A Jesus who is downtrodden and weak; a Jesus victimized by society’s ills, not unlike so many others.
Most importantly, the “Homeless Jesus” is silent; He renders no judgments and makes no demands beyond providing an image that provokes an earthbound sense of guilt within the “haves,” while simultaneously fanning the flames of class warfare within the “have nots.”
This is the Jesus of our current pope; the one after which he intends to remodel the Church.
It is the same Jesus described by Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, the man Pope Francis personally chose to lead the group of cardinals advising him on the Curia’s reorganization, who said:
The function of the hierarchy is redefined in reference to Jesus as Suffering Servant, not as “Pantocrator” – lord and emperor of this world; only from the perspective of someone crucified …More
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The comments by Cardinal Maradiaga and Harvesting the Fruit have the same lacunae. 1) In so far as Christ is God, He is Pantocrakor. 2) In so far as …More
The comments by Cardinal Maradiaga and Harvesting the Fruit have the same lacunae.
1) In so far as Christ is God, He is Pantocrakor.
2) In so far as He is Man, He is the Suffering Servant, the Victim, whose sacrifice was consummated with His Death on the Cross The function of His Human Nature in the Redemption, however, is not merely as Victim.
3) His triumph over Sin and Death was effected because Christ the Priest offered Himself as Victim in the perfect Sacrifice.
4) Thus the function of His Human Nature was both as Priest and as Victim.
5) NB: St Thomas says that the Redemption was effected by Christ's Human Nature joined as instrument (instrumentum coniunctum) to His Divine Nature.
1) In so far as Christ is God, He is Pantocrakor.
2) In so far as He is Man, He is the Suffering Servant, the Victim, whose sacrifice was consummated with His Death on the Cross The function of His Human Nature in the Redemption, however, is not merely as Victim.
3) His triumph over Sin and Death was effected because Christ the Priest offered Himself as Victim in the perfect Sacrifice.
4) Thus the function of His Human Nature was both as Priest and as Victim.
5) NB: St Thomas says that the Redemption was effected by Christ's Human Nature joined as instrument (instrumentum coniunctum) to His Divine Nature.
Vatican foiled over bid to hide Swiss bank data
A top Swiss court on Monday rejected an appeal by the Vatican's bank to keep secret information from one of its Swiss bank accounts suspected of being used for fraud. Judges at Switzerland's federal …More
A top Swiss court on Monday rejected an appeal by the Vatican's bank to keep secret information from one of its Swiss bank accounts suspected of being used for fraud.
Judges at Switzerland's federal criminal court allowed the transfer of most information sought by prosecutors in Italy from the account held by the Vatican bank, officially known as the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), the daily Le Temps reported.
Italian prosecutors suspect the account was used in 2007 and 2008 by third parties to launder as a donation funds from the sale of a company.
The IOR had invoked the Vatican's sovereign immunity, but the judges found that the transactions in question did not relate to functions covered by that immunity.
However, Swiss judges ruled that information not pertinent to the investigation would not be transferred.
Under pressure from its international partners, in particular the United States, Switzerland has been gradually dismantling its decades-old tradition of banking secrecy. …More
Judges at Switzerland's federal criminal court allowed the transfer of most information sought by prosecutors in Italy from the account held by the Vatican bank, officially known as the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), the daily Le Temps reported.
Italian prosecutors suspect the account was used in 2007 and 2008 by third parties to launder as a donation funds from the sale of a company.
The IOR had invoked the Vatican's sovereign immunity, but the judges found that the transactions in question did not relate to functions covered by that immunity.
However, Swiss judges ruled that information not pertinent to the investigation would not be transferred.
Under pressure from its international partners, in particular the United States, Switzerland has been gradually dismantling its decades-old tradition of banking secrecy. …More
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Cardinal sparks row over whether Church teaching on family can change
By Inés San Martín ROME — During a recent Vatican summit, the top official at the Synod of Bishops stirred controversy by reportedly telling participants they should not be “shocked” by theologians …More
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ROME — During a recent Vatican summit, the top official at the Synod of Bishops stirred controversy by reportedly telling participants they should not be “shocked” by theologians questioning Church teaching on matters such as marriage and family life.
Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri also reportedly said that if the aim of the synod is simply to repeat established Church teaching and discipline, then it would be “senseless” to hold it.
An anti-abortion group called Voice of the Family issued a statement Jan. 25 objecting that Baldisseri’s comments “further undermined church teaching on the indissolubility of marriage” and created “confusion.”
To date, Baldisseri has not responded.
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ROME — During a recent Vatican summit, the top official at the Synod of Bishops stirred controversy by reportedly telling participants they should not be “shocked” by theologians questioning Church teaching on matters such as marriage and family life.
Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri also reportedly said that if the aim of the synod is simply to repeat established Church teaching and discipline, then it would be “senseless” to hold it.
An anti-abortion group called Voice of the Family issued a statement Jan. 25 objecting that Baldisseri’s comments “further undermined church teaching on the indissolubility of marriage” and created “confusion.”
To date, Baldisseri has not responded.
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Papal Curial Reform with Contradiction
(Rome) The Summit curial reform approaches. Yet Pope Francis continues in his usual manner, "as he persecuted the good and promoted the bad in some cases" says the Vatican expert Sandro Magister. At …More
(Rome) The Summit curial reform approaches. Yet Pope Francis continues in his usual manner, "as he persecuted the good and promoted the bad in some cases" says the Vatican expert Sandro Magister. At the same time, the Pope gave the ecclesiastical courts worldwide statements that have put things in a new direction with respect to marriage bond resolution.
The Reform of the Curia, Which Holds Little Interest to the Pope
From the 9th-11th February the ninth meeting of the C9 Cardinal Council convened. After the meeting on the 13th and 14th of February there will follow a regular Cardinal Consistory, which will deal with the work and proposals of the C9 Council.
Eleven months ago Pope Francis and the Cardinal Consistory remained behind closed doors in order to confront the issue of the family. The new family agenda was presented by Cardinal Walter Kasper. (By papal order) This after two days of heated verbal exchanges. Much of the Cardinals felt almost overwhelmed. The conflict was continued …More
The Reform of the Curia, Which Holds Little Interest to the Pope
From the 9th-11th February the ninth meeting of the C9 Cardinal Council convened. After the meeting on the 13th and 14th of February there will follow a regular Cardinal Consistory, which will deal with the work and proposals of the C9 Council.
Eleven months ago Pope Francis and the Cardinal Consistory remained behind closed doors in order to confront the issue of the family. The new family agenda was presented by Cardinal Walter Kasper. (By papal order) This after two days of heated verbal exchanges. Much of the Cardinals felt almost overwhelmed. The conflict was continued …More
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Interview with Archbishop Gänswein by Christ und Welt : Traditionalists not to blame for recent "antipope" talk. More on communion for "remarried …
Late last week, the Dutch Catholic blog In Caelo et in Terra posted a translation of an interview with Archbishop Gänswein that was originally published on Christ & Welt. The Archbishop's responses …More
Late last week, the Dutch Catholic blog In Caelo et in Terra posted a translation of an interview with Archbishop Gänswein that was originally published on Christ & Welt. The Archbishop's responses range from the straightforward, to the indirect and very careful; coming through his words is a very clear desire to protect Benedict XVI from any danger.
Speaking of Pope Francis' speech on the "15 diseases" of the Roman Curia, Gänswein notes that the Curia's "reactions ranged from surprise to shock and incomprehension." To the question about who the Pope's closest advisers are, the Prefect of the Papal Household simply responds: "This questions always and consistently goes around. I don’t know." And where is the Church headed under Francis? "If you listen attentively to the words of the Pope, you will hear a clear message in them. Nevertheless, the question continuously arises of where Francis wants to lead the Church, what is his goal?"
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Speaking of Pope Francis' speech on the "15 diseases" of the Roman Curia, Gänswein notes that the Curia's "reactions ranged from surprise to shock and incomprehension." To the question about who the Pope's closest advisers are, the Prefect of the Papal Household simply responds: "This questions always and consistently goes around. I don’t know." And where is the Church headed under Francis? "If you listen attentively to the words of the Pope, you will hear a clear message in them. Nevertheless, the question continuously arises of where Francis wants to lead the Church, what is his goal?"
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Letter from a priest to Pope Francis
Reported by Luisa, whom I thank, I translate the following text from the French blog Benoit et moi , which presents him as a witness in addition to numerous other sites on Italian or Spanish-speaking …More
Reported by Luisa, whom I thank, I translate the following text from the French blog Benoit et moi , which presents him as a witness in addition to numerous other sites on Italian or Spanish-speaking and English-speaking sphere.
"Holy Father,
One day it is said to happen that you speak before thinking. This is what worries us priests who exercise our ministry in a context which is often difficult. This means that not only do we find it hard to understand but it is increasingly difficult to follow.
Ever since you were chosen to succeed the Apostle Peter, you have not ceased to deliver offensive speeches.
You Launched barbs against the faithful who love the liturgy of the Church with dignity, against your closest collaborators among the cardinals of the Curia, against simple priests, and more recently against the parents of large families. Perhaps you hoped to make people laugh by comparing them with the rabbits. Did not fire: you had some success only with journalists eager to "scoop" …More
"Holy Father,
One day it is said to happen that you speak before thinking. This is what worries us priests who exercise our ministry in a context which is often difficult. This means that not only do we find it hard to understand but it is increasingly difficult to follow.
Ever since you were chosen to succeed the Apostle Peter, you have not ceased to deliver offensive speeches.
You Launched barbs against the faithful who love the liturgy of the Church with dignity, against your closest collaborators among the cardinals of the Curia, against simple priests, and more recently against the parents of large families. Perhaps you hoped to make people laugh by comparing them with the rabbits. Did not fire: you had some success only with journalists eager to "scoop" …More
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Let me tell you something father,you are not at all alone thinking in this way of the present "pope Francis",but you must do an effort and have a lot …More
Let me tell you something father,you are not at all alone thinking in this way of the present "pope Francis",but you must do an effort and have a lot of courage to admit that this so call pope is not any more a true Catholic pope,this is very difficult to admit but we must have the strength to stand for Our Lord Jesus Christ and denounce publicly to Jorge Bergoglio,who obviously cannot be a true Catholic pope for the kind of his teaching that it is not the one that was proclaim for our Savior,for the apostles,the Magisterium of the Church for almost 2000 years, and the popes.He is scandalizing continuously,speaking senseless,ridiculizing the Holy Church for the enjoyment and happiness of the traditionally enemies of the Church,as the mass media,politicians,protestants,masons, and evidently the greatest enemy, the evil one.For that,I humbly think, the negative feeling that you experiment while celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass you must to mention his name. We cannot stand beside …More
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this priest was too soft with his words; bergoglio needs to hear it as it is !!! but do you really think bergoglio is bothered with the dozens or hundreds …More
this priest was too soft with his words; bergoglio needs to hear it as it is !!! but do you really think bergoglio is bothered with the dozens or hundreds of complaint letters he is receiving? he rather spend time embracing homosexuals who had sex operations....He is more busy is making himself a famous world star, contravening the warning of Luke 6:26 !!! Bergoglio is not a catholic, but an ecclesiastical freemason which main task is to drag as many catholics into apostasy..hE IS THE BIBLICAL FALSE PROPHET, THE DESTROYER PREDICTED BY ST FRANCIS !!!
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Pope to be named ‘Superpope’
TABON-TABON, Leyte, Jan. 22, 2015 The Sangguniang Bayan of Tabon-Tabon Leyte, located some 45 kilometers south of Tacloban City, passed a resolution on Monday naming Pope Francis “Superpope.” Sponsored …More
TABON-TABON, Leyte, Jan. 22, 2015
The Sangguniang Bayan of Tabon-Tabon Leyte, located some 45 kilometers south of Tacloban City, passed a resolution on Monday naming Pope Francis “Superpope.”
Sponsored by newly installed council member Nestor Abrematea, the resolution expressed the people’s admiration for the pontiff for braving typhoon Amang in order to be with survivors of super typhoon Yolanda and to celebrate Mass with them.
The Holy Father proceeded with his flight to Tacloban in spite of a typhoon signal number 2 hoisted over Eastern Visayas on Jan. 17.
Abrematea, who just assumed post as new councilor of the town, was overwhelmed by the unanimous assent given by his colleagues on the local board and was optimistic about the immediate passage of the resolution due to the impact of the Pope’s visit in the Archdiocese of Palo.
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The Sangguniang Bayan of Tabon-Tabon Leyte, located some 45 kilometers south of Tacloban City, passed a resolution on Monday naming Pope Francis “Superpope.”
Sponsored by newly installed council member Nestor Abrematea, the resolution expressed the people’s admiration for the pontiff for braving typhoon Amang in order to be with survivors of super typhoon Yolanda and to celebrate Mass with them.
The Holy Father proceeded with his flight to Tacloban in spite of a typhoon signal number 2 hoisted over Eastern Visayas on Jan. 17.
Abrematea, who just assumed post as new councilor of the town, was overwhelmed by the unanimous assent given by his colleagues on the local board and was optimistic about the immediate passage of the resolution due to the impact of the Pope’s visit in the Archdiocese of Palo.
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Pope Francis has rebooted the debate on family and sexual mores
By John L. Allen Jr. ROME — When Pope Francis arrived in the Philippines Jan. 15, both his mind and his heart were focused on the people he was coming to see. His primary motive was to comfort the …More
By John L. Allen Jr.
ROME — When Pope Francis arrived in the Philippines Jan. 15, both his mind and his heart were focused on the people he was coming to see. His primary motive was to comfort the survivors of an almost apocalyptic 2013 super-typhoon, but he also knew the entire nation would be ecstatic that the pope — any pope, really — was in town.
The Philippines — 81% Catholic — arguably represent the greatest home court advantage for a pope on the face of the planet, and Francis wanted to return the favor.
Yet popes, like politicians, tend to craft their messages for multiple audiences. Although Francis’ principal concentration may have been on the Filipinos who defied a tropical storm to turn out in the millions, he simultaneously seemed to be speaking to a much smaller group, one that wasn’t even physically present.
In effect, Francis appeared to be talking to the roughly 300 bishops and other Church leaders who will make up the next Synod of Bishops on the Family in October.
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ROME — When Pope Francis arrived in the Philippines Jan. 15, both his mind and his heart were focused on the people he was coming to see. His primary motive was to comfort the survivors of an almost apocalyptic 2013 super-typhoon, but he also knew the entire nation would be ecstatic that the pope — any pope, really — was in town.
The Philippines — 81% Catholic — arguably represent the greatest home court advantage for a pope on the face of the planet, and Francis wanted to return the favor.
Yet popes, like politicians, tend to craft their messages for multiple audiences. Although Francis’ principal concentration may have been on the Filipinos who defied a tropical storm to turn out in the millions, he simultaneously seemed to be speaking to a much smaller group, one that wasn’t even physically present.
In effect, Francis appeared to be talking to the roughly 300 bishops and other Church leaders who will make up the next Synod of Bishops on the Family in October.
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The Concert In Francis Park
The world is becoming more stupid by the hour. We are now informed there were estimated 6 million people at the Francis’ “mass” in the Philippines. This will certainly go in the Guinness Book of …More
The world is becoming more stupid by the hour.
We are now informed there were estimated 6 million people at the Francis’ “mass” in the Philippines. This will certainly go in the Guinness Book of Records.
Mission accomplished, then.
Do people really still understand what a Mass is? How can there be a “6 million people Mass”? In what are these six million doing anything different from looking at a Wimbledon tennis match from the screens outside? If I see a televised ceremony of something happening, say, one km away from me, how am I participating? Should the Mass not consist in the devout following of the proceedings; the kneeling in front of the Tabernacle when we get in and out; the kneeling at the rail when we receive; the obvious; blatant; physical fact that we have been there? Of course a Mass does not have to be in a church (an army in the field cannot carry a church with it), but should there not be an obvious, physical link, a being there, and being there devoutly, in a devout …More
We are now informed there were estimated 6 million people at the Francis’ “mass” in the Philippines. This will certainly go in the Guinness Book of Records.
Mission accomplished, then.
Do people really still understand what a Mass is? How can there be a “6 million people Mass”? In what are these six million doing anything different from looking at a Wimbledon tennis match from the screens outside? If I see a televised ceremony of something happening, say, one km away from me, how am I participating? Should the Mass not consist in the devout following of the proceedings; the kneeling in front of the Tabernacle when we get in and out; the kneeling at the rail when we receive; the obvious; blatant; physical fact that we have been there? Of course a Mass does not have to be in a church (an army in the field cannot carry a church with it), but should there not be an obvious, physical link, a being there, and being there devoutly, in a devout …More
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You should be happy. Do not get mad or jelous God is every were. Be open and reconcile.
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@DrJoe, thank you for your insightful analysis. To a large degree you are asking one basic question, i.e.: "How can it be that ...?" I ask you to suggest …More
@DrJoe, thank you for your insightful analysis. To a large degree you are asking one basic question, i.e.: "How can it be that ...?" I ask you to suggest an answer. A Jewish colleague of mine once noted that Pope Francis is more interested in saving the world than saving souls. The MEGAmegachurch is in accord with Pentecostalism and its whoopy-up emotionalism and the Pope shows sympathy for Pentecostalism (even at one point asserting an equivalence between Catholic baptism and Pentecostal water pouring, viz., baptism). If I accept, reflect upon and theorize on my colleague's impression of the "saving" activity of the Pope, such encounters make prima facie sense. Not the Holy Mass, rather an "event" (imitating a megachurch EVENT) is apropiate. Your reference to the Parteitag of the Nazis is excellent and I have already made the comparison in a comment below. I have watched a documentary on the 1938 celebration and the whole mass of people there, normally reserved and thinking Germans, …More
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Christians in Muslim Lands. Blessed Are the Persecuted
by Sandro Magister “They are left alone and undefended like the Jews," charges an authoritative rabbi. Under the illusion that this will facilitate peace with the Muslims. A survey of the situation …More
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“They are left alone and undefended like the Jews," charges an authoritative rabbi. Under the illusion that this will facilitate peace with the Muslims. A survey of the situation described by an Israeli Jesuit expert.
ROME, January 20, 2015 – The journey of Pope Francis to Asia has left behind his memorable words on the massacres in Paris, when he demonstrated that he understood the violent reaction of those who see their faith insulted and derided: “If a friend uses a curse word against my mama, he's going to get punched! It's normal! It's normal!”
These words of his echoed around the world and were music to the ears of much of the Muslim world, which sympathizes with the murder of the impious illustrators of “Charlie Hebdo.”
At the same press conference, however, Francis had something else to say: “Always, for me, the best way to respond is meekness. To be meek, humble like bread, without undertaking aggression.”
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“They are left alone and undefended like the Jews," charges an authoritative rabbi. Under the illusion that this will facilitate peace with the Muslims. A survey of the situation described by an Israeli Jesuit expert.
ROME, January 20, 2015 – The journey of Pope Francis to Asia has left behind his memorable words on the massacres in Paris, when he demonstrated that he understood the violent reaction of those who see their faith insulted and derided: “If a friend uses a curse word against my mama, he's going to get punched! It's normal! It's normal!”
These words of his echoed around the world and were music to the ears of much of the Muslim world, which sympathizes with the murder of the impious illustrators of “Charlie Hebdo.”
At the same press conference, however, Francis had something else to say: “Always, for me, the best way to respond is meekness. To be meek, humble like bread, without undertaking aggression.”
And these other words of his sounded like a commandment …More
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The < -slm- > in Islam means < subjugation/submission. Islam is first and foremost neither a religion of peace nor of war. It is a religion of power, …More
The < -slm- > in Islam means < subjugation/submission. Islam is first and foremost neither a religion of peace nor of war. It is a religion of power, i.e., subjugation. The subjugated are to surrender in th form of submission. Submission ceritifies in the mind of the islamic believer that the one submitting is weak, unworthy and, hence, the object of subjugation. When the Pope says that "meekness" is the right way to respond the Pope inadvertently has rendered "submission" and thereby certified in the Islamic mind the correctness of the previous acts of subjugation. At times it is hard to distinguish between a feigned meekness and an obfiscated cowardliness.
Malawi bishop, two young Zimbabwe priests die in car accidents
Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, represented Malawi at the Synod on the Family in Rome in October 2014 by Allen Ottaro The Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu in northern …More
Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, represented Malawi at the Synod on the Family in Rome in October 2014
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The Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu in northern Malawi, on Thursday 15th January, lost their bishop through a tragic road crash. His Lordship, Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, who was also the President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, was driving to his base in Mzuzu, after a visit to his home village. According to the Communications office of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, a rear tire burst and caused the bishop's car to spin out of control; Bishop Zuza was in the process thrown out of the car. The accident happened at Nthungwa, in the Chikangawa forest reserve.
Further reports by Vatican Radio indicate that Fr. Filiyanus Ekka, a member of the Missionaries of Africa, who was travelling by bus to Mzuzu from the capital Lilongwe, spotted the bishop’s car by the side of the Chikangawa-Nthungwa road in Mzimba district. According …More
by Allen Ottaro
The Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu in northern Malawi, on Thursday 15th January, lost their bishop through a tragic road crash. His Lordship, Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, who was also the President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, was driving to his base in Mzuzu, after a visit to his home village. According to the Communications office of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, a rear tire burst and caused the bishop's car to spin out of control; Bishop Zuza was in the process thrown out of the car. The accident happened at Nthungwa, in the Chikangawa forest reserve.
Further reports by Vatican Radio indicate that Fr. Filiyanus Ekka, a member of the Missionaries of Africa, who was travelling by bus to Mzuzu from the capital Lilongwe, spotted the bishop’s car by the side of the Chikangawa-Nthungwa road in Mzimba district. According …More
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Vatican releases preparatory document ahead of 2015 synod
Document includes 46 questions for national bishops’ conferences around the world. The Vatican has released a 26-page preparatory document, or Lineamenta, ahead of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops which …More
Document includes 46 questions for national bishops’ conferences around the world.
The Vatican has released a 26-page preparatory document, or Lineamenta, ahead of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops which will take place at the Vatican in October 2015.
The document, based on the final report on the extraordinary synod on the family which convened earlier this year, includes 46 questions for national bishops’ conferences around the world.
According to Catholic News Service, the report asks about “possible steps” and “unnecessary impediments” to “sacramental pastoral care” of “remarried divorcees”. And, in reference to “persons with a homosexual tendency”, it asks, “how to propose to them the demands of God’s will in their situation?”
The theme of the Ordinary Synod, which is scheduled to take place from October 4 to 25 next year, is “the vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the modern world”.
It will be larger gathering than the extraordinary synod, with more bishops from around …More
The Vatican has released a 26-page preparatory document, or Lineamenta, ahead of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops which will take place at the Vatican in October 2015.
The document, based on the final report on the extraordinary synod on the family which convened earlier this year, includes 46 questions for national bishops’ conferences around the world.
According to Catholic News Service, the report asks about “possible steps” and “unnecessary impediments” to “sacramental pastoral care” of “remarried divorcees”. And, in reference to “persons with a homosexual tendency”, it asks, “how to propose to them the demands of God’s will in their situation?”
The theme of the Ordinary Synod, which is scheduled to take place from October 4 to 25 next year, is “the vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the modern world”.
It will be larger gathering than the extraordinary synod, with more bishops from around …More
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Why Was the Pope Silent on the Armenian Genocide?
Apostolic Administrator of Armenian Catholics in Jordan and Jerusalem Speaks on Francis' Recent Visit to Turkey. Pope Francis’ visit to Turkey can be read from several points of view. Truly a “Pontifex,”…More
Apostolic Administrator of Armenian Catholics in Jordan and Jerusalem Speaks on Francis' Recent Visit to Turkey.
Pope Francis’ visit to Turkey can be read from several points of view. Truly a “Pontifex,” the Holy Father is certainly seeking to build bridges with the moderate Muslim world. This was seen in the various gestures of fraternity and willingness to dialogue.
Four of the countries that the Pope has visited since his election are Muslim: Jordan, Palestine, Albania and Turkey. On his return trip, the Bishop of Rome mentioned to journalists the explicit hope he expressed to Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “It would be good if all Muslim leaders, political, religious and academic leaders, condemned terrorism clearly and say that that is not Islam.”
The Holy Father’s strategy is to contain the clash of civilizations and religions, inviting those who believe in the good and in coexistence to state their alignment.
An element that could be expected from the visit was, undoubtedly, that of asking …More
Pope Francis’ visit to Turkey can be read from several points of view. Truly a “Pontifex,” the Holy Father is certainly seeking to build bridges with the moderate Muslim world. This was seen in the various gestures of fraternity and willingness to dialogue.
Four of the countries that the Pope has visited since his election are Muslim: Jordan, Palestine, Albania and Turkey. On his return trip, the Bishop of Rome mentioned to journalists the explicit hope he expressed to Recep Tayyip Erdogan: “It would be good if all Muslim leaders, political, religious and academic leaders, condemned terrorism clearly and say that that is not Islam.”
The Holy Father’s strategy is to contain the clash of civilizations and religions, inviting those who believe in the good and in coexistence to state their alignment.
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We’ve discovered hundreds of millions of euros off the Vatican’s balance sheet.
Vatican reformers have discovered hundreds of millions of euros that did not appear on the Holy See’s balance sheet, the cardinal charged with sorting out the Curia’s financial affairs has said. Writing …More
Vatican reformers have discovered hundreds of millions of euros that did not appear on the Holy See’s balance sheet, the cardinal charged with sorting out the Curia’s financial affairs has said.
Writing exclusively in the first issue of the new Catholic Herald magazine, Cardinal George Pell says that the discovery means that the Vatican’s finances are healthier than they first appeared.
He writes: “It is important to point out that the Vatican is not broke. Apart from the pension fund, which needs to be strengthened for the demands on it in 15 or 20 years, the Holy See is paying its way, while possessing substantial assets and investments.
“In fact, we have discovered that the situation is much healthier than it seemed, because some hundreds of millions of euros were tucked away in particular sectional accounts and did not appear on the balance sheet. It is another question, impossible to answer, whether the Vatican should have much larger reserves.”
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Writing exclusively in the first issue of the new Catholic Herald magazine, Cardinal George Pell says that the discovery means that the Vatican’s finances are healthier than they first appeared.
He writes: “It is important to point out that the Vatican is not broke. Apart from the pension fund, which needs to be strengthened for the demands on it in 15 or 20 years, the Holy See is paying its way, while possessing substantial assets and investments.
“In fact, we have discovered that the situation is much healthier than it seemed, because some hundreds of millions of euros were tucked away in particular sectional accounts and did not appear on the balance sheet. It is another question, impossible to answer, whether the Vatican should have much larger reserves.”
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Brazilian bishop wants to ordain married community elders as priest shortage grows
By Benjamin Soloway BELEM, Brazil – The largest Roman Catholic geographical district in Brazil, located deep in the Amazon along the Xingu River, has more than 800 Catholic congregations but only 27 …More
By Benjamin Soloway
BELEM, Brazil – The largest Roman Catholic geographical district in Brazil, located deep in the Amazon along the Xingu River, has more than 800 Catholic congregations but only 27 priests.
Bishop Erwin Krautler, prelate of Xingu, has argued that the situation calls for drastic measures. In April, he took his case to the Vatican, where he met with Pope Francis. Recently, Krautler and Cardinal Claudio Hummes, a friend of Pope Francis, presented the idea of ordaining married community elders to Brazil’s National Conference of Bishops, which is now in the process of forming a commission to delve deeper into the matter.
Krautler said he counted himself among a group of bishops, mostly in the developing world, who see the ordination of such elders as a potential solution for the countless rural congregations that cannot receive the sacraments, including Communion, marriage, and baptism.
“The situation of Xingu is not an exceptional situation,” Krautler said. “All of the …More
BELEM, Brazil – The largest Roman Catholic geographical district in Brazil, located deep in the Amazon along the Xingu River, has more than 800 Catholic congregations but only 27 priests.
Bishop Erwin Krautler, prelate of Xingu, has argued that the situation calls for drastic measures. In April, he took his case to the Vatican, where he met with Pope Francis. Recently, Krautler and Cardinal Claudio Hummes, a friend of Pope Francis, presented the idea of ordaining married community elders to Brazil’s National Conference of Bishops, which is now in the process of forming a commission to delve deeper into the matter.
Krautler said he counted himself among a group of bishops, mostly in the developing world, who see the ordination of such elders as a potential solution for the countless rural congregations that cannot receive the sacraments, including Communion, marriage, and baptism.
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This one has the potential to be heard with a serious ear. There are currently practicing married, Roman Catholic priests.
This is the most dumbest idea ever... this apostate is getting weird by the minute.
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While Rome Burns, Pope And Bishops Attack The Latin Mass And Traditional Orders
by Fr. Peter Carota With so many serious problems in the world today, any sane person has to ask; “why are the powerful people in the Catholic Church trying to destroy traditional orders, priests and …More
by Fr. Peter Carota
With so many serious problems in the world today, any sane person has to ask;
“why are the powerful people in the Catholic Church trying to destroy traditional orders, priests and purposely stopping the offering of the Latin Mass?”
Let us go over some of the real problems they should be contending with right now.
China just said it could put the electric grid of the USA out of existence.
1. 13,000 Catholics and Christians recently killed by muslims in Nigeria.
The Ebola outbreak.
2. Catholics and other Christians being tortured and murdered in muslim countries. 3. Millions of babies being murdered in their mothers wombs. 4. Dangerous and powerful drug cartels moving from Mexico, to all over the world. 5. The Church mortally bleeding of her members to other religions and atheism. 6. ISIS promising to march into Rome and use St. Peter’s as a stable. 7. 35 million people are slaves. 8. Millions in forced work camps in China and North Korea. 9. Drug and alcohol abuse …More
With so many serious problems in the world today, any sane person has to ask;
“why are the powerful people in the Catholic Church trying to destroy traditional orders, priests and purposely stopping the offering of the Latin Mass?”
Let us go over some of the real problems they should be contending with right now.
China just said it could put the electric grid of the USA out of existence.
1. 13,000 Catholics and Christians recently killed by muslims in Nigeria.
The Ebola outbreak.
2. Catholics and other Christians being tortured and murdered in muslim countries. 3. Millions of babies being murdered in their mothers wombs. 4. Dangerous and powerful drug cartels moving from Mexico, to all over the world. 5. The Church mortally bleeding of her members to other religions and atheism. 6. ISIS promising to march into Rome and use St. Peter’s as a stable. 7. 35 million people are slaves. 8. Millions in forced work camps in China and North Korea. 9. Drug and alcohol abuse …More
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One thing you failed to mention Father and that is that all these things happened on all four post conciliar pope's watch. Caveat: I am not blaming all …More
One thing you failed to mention Father and that is that all these things happened on all four post conciliar pope's watch. Caveat: I am not blaming all the ills of society on the pope. I am merely pointing out that those entrusted (bishops) with defending the Church have been silent or even complicit in permitting these things to happen.
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Purge at Radio Maria Continues
(Milan) The wave of purges at Radio Maria continues. After the sacking of Mario Palmaro and Alessandro Gnocchi in the fall of 2013 and in spring 2014 Roberto de Mattei, now Gianpaolo Barra, the chief …More
(Milan) The wave of purges at Radio Maria continues. After the sacking of Mario Palmaro and Alessandro Gnocchi in the fall of 2013 and in spring 2014 Roberto de Mattei, now Gianpaolo Barra, the chief editor of the Catholic monthly magazine was Il Timone is being fired from the radio broadcaster.
The wave of Epurations can in no way be attributed to Pope Francis, but it still has to do with him. Don Livio Fanzaga, the program director of Radio Maria Italy, the mother of all Radio Maria stations worldwide, is engaging in a relentless anticipated obedience. In his effort to demonstrate actual or even alleged loyalty to the Pope, he showing employees with many years of outstanding employees the door because they dared not even on the radio, but elsewhere, to comment critically about statements, decisions or gestures of Pope Francis.
Barra Should Have Dismissed Antonio Socci
The recent purge relates to the journalists Gianpaolo Barra, chief editor of the Catholic magazine Il Timone . He …More
The wave of Epurations can in no way be attributed to Pope Francis, but it still has to do with him. Don Livio Fanzaga, the program director of Radio Maria Italy, the mother of all Radio Maria stations worldwide, is engaging in a relentless anticipated obedience. In his effort to demonstrate actual or even alleged loyalty to the Pope, he showing employees with many years of outstanding employees the door because they dared not even on the radio, but elsewhere, to comment critically about statements, decisions or gestures of Pope Francis.
Barra Should Have Dismissed Antonio Socci
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Cardinal Burke: Church teaching on sexuality must be clarified, and only Pope Francis can do it
by Hilary White In an interview with Ireland’s state broadcaster, RTE, one of the Catholic hierarchy’s most outspoken defenders of life and family and the Church’s sexual moral teachings again indicated …More
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In an interview with Ireland’s state broadcaster, RTE, one of the Catholic hierarchy’s most outspoken defenders of life and family and the Church’s sexual moral teachings again indicated Pope Francis needs to “clarify” that divorced and remarried Catholics, and active homosexuals, cannot be admitted to the sacraments.
As he did during the course of the contentious Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome last month, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke told RTE in a video interview, “I believe very strongly that – I’m not the pope, and I’m not in the business of telling him what to do – but in my judgment this needs to be clarified, and there’s only one person who can clarify it at this point.”
The possibility of the Church in any way accepting sexual immorality, whether in the form of divorce, “second marriages” or homosexual acts, he said, must be taken “off the table” for next year’s Synod in a definitive way that only the pope can accomplish.
The cardinal denied that this was an …More
In an interview with Ireland’s state broadcaster, RTE, one of the Catholic hierarchy’s most outspoken defenders of life and family and the Church’s sexual moral teachings again indicated Pope Francis needs to “clarify” that divorced and remarried Catholics, and active homosexuals, cannot be admitted to the sacraments.
As he did during the course of the contentious Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome last month, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke told RTE in a video interview, “I believe very strongly that – I’m not the pope, and I’m not in the business of telling him what to do – but in my judgment this needs to be clarified, and there’s only one person who can clarify it at this point.”
The possibility of the Church in any way accepting sexual immorality, whether in the form of divorce, “second marriages” or homosexual acts, he said, must be taken “off the table” for next year’s Synod in a definitive way that only the pope can accomplish.
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Atheist Confession: What's not to like about Francis?
by Dustin Celestino I’m going to say something many of my fellow secularism advocates would probably not appreciate: I like Pope Francis. Why? I like Pope Francis because, in my opinion, he is more …More
by Dustin Celestino
I’m going to say something many of my fellow secularism advocates would probably not appreciate: I like Pope Francis.
Why?
I like Pope Francis because, in my opinion, he is more liberal than many liberals. American conservatives already hate him for his seemingly liberal position on many issues. He’s so liberal that Sarah Palin is actually taken aback by what she calls his “liberal agenda.” The Pope is so liberal that writer Damian Thompson, in an article he wrote for “The Spectator,” had to ask if we were in the early stages of a Catholic civil war.
Apparently, even Catholics think the Pope is too liberal. Fr. Dwight Longenecker writes:
“Some have given up on Pope Francis. Others say he is ‘the false prophet’ who will accompany the anti Christ in the end times. Others don’t like his dress sense, grumble about his media gaffes and some think they are all intentional and that he is a very shrewd Jesuit who wants to undermine the Catholic faith.”
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I’m going to say something many of my fellow secularism advocates would probably not appreciate: I like Pope Francis.
Why?
I like Pope Francis because, in my opinion, he is more liberal than many liberals. American conservatives already hate him for his seemingly liberal position on many issues. He’s so liberal that Sarah Palin is actually taken aback by what she calls his “liberal agenda.” The Pope is so liberal that writer Damian Thompson, in an article he wrote for “The Spectator,” had to ask if we were in the early stages of a Catholic civil war.
Apparently, even Catholics think the Pope is too liberal. Fr. Dwight Longenecker writes:
“Some have given up on Pope Francis. Others say he is ‘the false prophet’ who will accompany the anti Christ in the end times. Others don’t like his dress sense, grumble about his media gaffes and some think they are all intentional and that he is a very shrewd Jesuit who wants to undermine the Catholic faith.”
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