"No Rupture with the Past" Update:
Benedict XVI's Intention for September: that Governments respect Religious Freedom
Reality Check: Like Moses, eh?

Benedict XVI Rejects Scholastic Theology
Reality Check: The idea that "the method and principles by which the old scholastic doctors cultivated theology are no longer suitable to the demands of our times and to the progress of the sciences" was formally condemned by Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, 1864

Israel has a New Friend

Zionism Watch: Building the Noahide Ark -- and a U.S. University
Reality Check: Did you know a Noahide Court is being established in the United States?

Even Secular World sees a "Fun Church"

"New Springtime" Update:
Meet the Cowboy Priests!

News Alert: **Caution! Indecent Content**
Homosexual Super-Convention Planned for New Orleans
...probably not going to take place!

Benedict XVI Mulls Releasing Document barring Homosexuals from Priesthood
Related: According to one Novus Ordo priest in the Archdiocese of Miami, if all homosexual priests there were fired, the diocese could run about 10 parishes...

"Radical Changes" coming for Buffalo-Area Novus Ordo Catholics
See, the "New Springtime" has hit again!

News on the Benedict XVI-Fellay Meeting Bp. Fellay: Consensus Reached But: Disagreement on Source of the Problems Fellay agrees to put SSPX back into full communion with New Church Vatican: Benedict XVI to Lift "Excommunication" against SSPX Benedict XVI may give "universal indult" for Traditional Mass Fellay enters Agreement with Benedict to work towards "perfect communion" Fellay wants Reconciliation with Vatican Reconciliation to 'proceed in steps" Bishop Fellay fears own SSPX adherents? Meeting with Benedict at request of Bp. Fellay ...and all this on the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. But we told you so, didn't we? Don't forget: In 1982, Benedict XVI wrote about traditional Catholics: "We must be on guard against minimizing these movements. Without a doubt, they represent a sectarian zealotry that is the antithesis of Catholicity. We cannot resist them too firmly" Joseph Ratzinger, Principles of Catholic Theology, Ignatius Press, 1987, pp. 389-90; German original: Katholische Prinzipienlehre, 1982).

Grasping at Straws:
Vatican Newspaper Editor: 'John Paul II was a Martyr'

In Spokane Diocese, everything's up for grabs:
Bankruptcy Judge rules Parish Assets available to Victims

Fr. Cekada's Response to Christopher Ferrara's Attack on Sedevacantism

Added to our Resources Section: The Calumny against Pope Honorius I

Damage Control, Part 2:
Vatican scrambling to explain Communion for Protestant
Reality Check: The Novus Ordo Church has long allowed Communion for heretics in individual cases:
"Admission to Catholic eucharistic communion [can be] confined to particular cases of those Christians who have a faith in the sacrament in conformity with that of the Church, who experience a serious spiritual need for the eucharistic sustenance, who for a prolonged period are unable to have recourse to a minister of their own community, and who ask for the sacrament of their own accord..." --"Council for Promoting Christian Unity," In Quibus Rerum Circumstantiis, IV.2, June 1, 1972

"Conversion of Russia" Update:
More Abortions than Births in Russia

91% of "Catholics" say Good People of other Faiths OK for Heaven
Could Ecumenism have something to do with that?

WE HAVE BEEN WARNED:
"The Church is in great danger....The Protestant doctrine and that of the schismatic Greeks are to spread everywhere. I now see that in this place (Rome) the (Catholic) Church is being so cleverly undermined, that there hardly remain a hundred or so priests who have not been deceived. They all work for destruction, even the clergy. A great devastation is now near at hand."
-- Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich, October 1, 1820; in Catholic Prophecy by Yves Dupont, p.66

"New Springtime" has reached Norway

Awww...of course! Damage Control for Photographic Evidence:
See, "Cardinal" Ratzinger was tricked into giving Communion to this Protestant!
(If you can believe this, there is some property in Brooklyn we wish to sell you...)
But why the outrage? John Paul II himself allowed this: "While it is never legitimate to concelebrate [the Holy Mass] in the absence of full communion, the same is not true with respect to the administration of the Eucharist under special circumstances, to individual persons belonging to Churches or Ecclesial Communities not in full communion with the Catholic Church." --"Encyclical" Ecclesia de Eucharistia, no. 45 (2003)

Society of St. Pius X makes Pilgrimage of Reparation to Fatima

Miami gets its "Prankster Bishop"
As rector of the Miami seminary, Noonan permitted a sort of rock concert of the adjacent high school to take place in the seminary chapel ... but not as a prank!

Small Earthquake in Rome

WE HAVE BEEN WARNED:
"The Church will be punished because the majority of her members, high and low, will become so perverted. The Church will sink deeper and deeper until she will at last seem to be extinguished, and the succession of Peter and the other Apostles to have expired. But, after this, she will be victoriously exalted in the sight of all doubters."
--St. Nicholas of Flue, in Catholic Prophecy by Yves Dupont, p. 30

"Cardinal" Kasper gives Communion to both Catholics and Protestants
Just watch: will Benedict XVI now remove Kasper? Don't hold your breath... Benedict gave Communion to Bro. Roger, after all

From our supposed "Elder Brothers in the Faith":
Italian Jewish Leader calls for Outlawing of Public Crucifixes
But hey, according to Benedict XVI, "he who meets Christ meets Judaism"...

Argentine Novus Ordo Bishop Resigns over Sodomite Affair
He's asking for forgiveness...so, is he sorry for what he did or just sorry he got caught?

Oh no, not again:
Vatican to Evaluate U.S. Seminaries
(Novus Ordo Watch would like to help!)

"New Springtime" Update:
Mapping the New Springtime in the USA (1990-2003)
(and only $777,121,027 in abuse costs!--that's enough to make 777 people into millionaires!)

See, we told you so (***):
SSPX Bp. Fellay to meet with Benedict XVI on August 29 -- Bp. Williamson not happy
To our knowledge, other than Traditio, there was no other news outlet besides Novus Ordo Watch reporting this meeting for August 29 weeks in advance (see original note here)

Here's a new one: "Ecumenism of Holiness" -
"Cardinal" Kasper concelebrates with Priests of the Ecumenical Community

Revenge for World Youth Day?
Catastrophic Floods hit Germany, neighboring Countries

Benedict XVI thinks World Youth Day a "Laboratory for Vocations"
Related: The Spirit of World Youth Day

Fun Nun needs to "watch out a bit"

"Cardinal" Kasper's Solemn Funeral for Protestant Bro. Roger

In His Own Words:
"Bishop"-Designate John "Read Teilhard de Chardin" Noonan
Reality Check: "Teilhardism and the New Religion"
Even John XXIII disapproved of Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin!

More on Miami's new Novus Ordo Bishop-To-Be

Miami Archdiocese prepares for Consecration of "Prankster Bishop"

Read about the Miami Seminary's Dean of Students
Yes, didn't you know? God Incarnate is a "regular guy," and He changed history not so much because He died on the Cross for our sins but because of how He related to people. And this is the kind of priests they have in their seminaries....
Perhaps one day these people will understand that what attracts vocations is precisely that the true Catholic priest is not a "regular guy" but an alter Christus, ordained to offer the Holy Sacrifice, to bless, to absolve, to teach, to preach, etc. The sacred priesthood of Christ is about mystery, sacrifice, dignity, discipline, holy things, virtue, etc. It's amazing how these people are trying to attract priestly vocations by continually harping on how a priest is nothing special...

Another Jaw-Drop / "No Rupture with the Past" Update:
Slain Protestant Ecumenist to Receive "Catholic Funeral"
Well hey, since "Cardinal" Ratzinger gave him Communion on April 8, might as well give him a Catholic funeral, no?
Guess who's Presiding at the Funeral!

Please join us for the "Liturgy"!

Will the Sanhedrin soon rule in Israel?

WE HAVE BEEN WARNED:
"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them." --Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:18-20)

World Youth Day 2005 Coverage No Sign that the Tide has Turned (duh) Benedict smites the Catholic Church in his Address to the Muslims: "How many pages of history record battles and even wars that have been waged, with both sides invoking the name of God, as if fighting and killing the enemy could be pleasing to him. The recollection of these sad events should fill us with shame, for we know only too well what atrocities have been committed in the name of religion. The lessons of the past must help us to avoid repeating the same mistakes. We must seek paths of reconciliation and learn to live with respect for each other's identity." Reality Check: "I hear around me reformers who want to dismantle the Holy Sanctuary, destroy the universal flame of the Church, to discard all her adornments, and smite her with remorse for her historic past." --Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, to Count Enrico P. Galeazzi So what about Pope St. Pius V, Our Lady of Victory, and the Battle of Lepanto? f Benedict XVI visits Synagogue (no, not to preach the Gospel), condemns Antisemitism, says Holocaust a "Manifestation of the Mystery of Iniquity," Calls for Respect, Collaboration, Praises Dignity of Man f Benedict in Wonderland: Says "Catholic Church is committed ... to tolerance, respect, friendship and peace between all peoples, cultures and religions." Reality Check: "the City cannot be built otherwise than as God has built it; society cannot be setup unless the Church lays the foundations and supervises the work; no, civilization is not something yet to be found, nor is the New City to be built on hazy notions; it has been in existence and still is: it is Christian civilization, it is the Catholic City. It has only to be set up and restored continually against the unremitting attacks of insane dreamers, rebels and miscreants." --Pope St. Pius X, "Our Apostolic Mandate," 1910 "The world has heard enough of the so-called 'rights of man.' Let it hear something of the rights of God." --Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Tametsi, 1900 Disrespectful Crowd shouts "Beee-ne-DETTO!" even in St. Pantaleon Catholic Church "Cardinal" Meisner endorses, prays for deceased Protestant Bro. Roger Schutz, Benedict XVI joins in Benedict XVI praises "Cheerful Catholicity" in Cologne, Calls for Another "New Pentecost" Photos of World Youth Day More Pictures Here Meisner and Benedict have trouble quieting unruly Crowd: "Now it's my turn again," Meisner said at one point Raw Data: Benedict's Address after Cathedral Visit Benedict's Address on Arrival in Germany Benedict's Address at Synagogue Benedict's Address to his Muslim Friends Benedict's Address at World Youth Day Vigil Homily for World Youth Day by "Cardinal" Meisner Closing Sermon at WYD Some authentic World Youth Day Thoughts No Kidding: "Confession" at World Youth Day More Pictures here, from the Official Site "Like Carnival, only with Fewer Drunks" Benedict XVI grants Special Indulgence for World Youth Day Behold the "Future of the Church" A Novus Ordo way of showing Respect for "the Pope" World Youth Day: from Catholicism to Counter-Church World Youth Day Peek-A-Boo: Where's the Crucifix? Put on your Surprise Face: Heresy on World Youth Day Web Site: "During transubstantiation, the bread and wine become concrete signs of God’s love for mankind." Reality Check: This "absolutely omits to make any mention of ... conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the blood, which the Council of Trent defined as an article of faith" --Pope Pius VI, Apostolic Constitution Auctorem Fidei, n. 29 (Denz. 1529) "Catholic Woodstock" on the Rhine Mixed Reviews from Youth on Benedict XVI

Russia's Chief Rabbi predicts Imminent Coming of "Messiah"
Reality Check: "I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive." --Jesus Christ (John 5:43)

Benedict at the Synagogue:
"Both Jews and Christians recognize in Abraham their father in faith....look to the teachings of Moses and the prophets."
Reality Check: "They [the Jews] answered and said to him [Jesus Christ]: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not. You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God. Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded and came. For I came not of myself: but he sent me. Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do...." (John 8:39-44); "Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom you trust. For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also: for he wrote of me" (John 5:45-46).

"Liturgy" in L.A.

JAW DROP:
Benedict XVI says Protestant Heretic is in Heaven
Reality Check: "Nobody can be saved, no matter how much he has given away in alms and even if he has shed his blood in the name of Christ, unless he has persevered in the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church." --Council of Florence, 1442
"Some of these misguided people attempt to persuade themselves and others that men are not saved only in the Catholic religion, but that even heretics may attain eternal life." --Pope Gregory XVI, Encyclical Summo Iugiter Studio, 1832
So now the secret is out: everyone goes to Heaven, except Traditional Catholics!
--It is clear that Benedict XVI does not have the Catholic Faith--

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At John Paul II Funeral, Benedit XVI gave Communion to Known Heretic
(This is nothing new, though, for Fr. Ratzinger, as this article shows)

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Benedict quotes John Paul II:
"Whoever meets Jesus Christ meets Judaism"
Reality Check: Actually, that "Judaism" he's referring to rejects Jesus Christ as a matter of principle
David Goldstein: Present-Day Judaism is not Old Testament Judaism

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"Communism is Dead" Update:
Putin has own "World Youth Day"

Novus Ordo Parish asks: "If salvation is a possibility for people of all faiths, why belong to the Catholic Church?"
Reality Check: "No one remaining outside the Catholic Church, not just pagans, but also Jews or heretics or schismatics, can become partakers of eternal life" --Council of Florence, 1442

Ooops: FSSP Priest Reassigned to Novus Ordo Parish
So what will keep other "approved" Traditionalists from this fate?
Update: This priest has now left the FSSP

"Communism is Dead" Update:
Russia to Nuke its Neighbors?

Part 2 of Response to Chris Ferrara's Attack on Sedevacantism
So, who is Denying the Papacy here? Who embraces Madness? Whose position is patently absurd?

Just when you thought you'd heard it all:
Novus Ordo Priest Defends, Endorses Satanic Rock Singer,
sings in Heavy-Metal Band himself

A few Jaw-Droppers for you
(yes, that parish is real: see here, for instance, their "Cross of the Unemployed")

Benedict XVI Sued for Allegedly Conspiring in Cover-Up

The New Church at Work
(no, they're not making the Protestants and Orthodox equal to Catholicism; it only seems that way!)

Guess where this is going:
Novus Ordo Spokesman says Holy Eucharist not only a Sign of Communion
but also "a Means of Arriving at Communion"

** NEWS ALERT ** Bishop Williamson, SSPX, confirms: Bishop Fellay will meet with Benedict XVI on August 29, as Novus Ordo Watch has reported for weeks So, were we right or were we right?

News Alert:
Founder of Ecumenical Taize Community Stabbed to Death, Woman Arrested
(German Article here)
Bro. Roger Schutz, 90, a Non-Catholic, had received Holy Communion from then-"Cardinal" Ratzinger at the funeral of John Paul II (proof here)--something the Novus Ordo Code of Canon Law permits

John Paul II Made it Possible:
Eucharistic Congress transformed into Rock Concert

"New Springtime" Update:
Why not let Hollywood help?

See, we told you so (***):
Benedict XVI wants Crosses back in Public Places
And: Traditional Mass given a New Lease of Life

Novus Ordo Bishop speaks against "Dissenters on Ecumenism"
Reality Check: Ah, yes, ask Pope Pius XI

Benedict in Wonderland:
"God is entirely Relationship"--St. Thomas not Ratzinger's Master
Reality Check: "We admonish professors to bear well in mind that they cannot set aside St. Thomas, especially in metaphysical questions, without grave disadvantage. On this philosophical foundation the theological edifice is to be carefully raised." --Pope St. Pius X, Encyclical Pascendi against Modernism, par. 45-46, 1907
"Thomas should be called not only the Angelic, but also the Common or Universal Doctor of the Church; for the Church has adopted his philosophy for her own, as innumerable documents of every kind attest" --Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Studiorum Ducem on St. Thomas, par. 11, 1923
The notion that "the method and principles by which the old scholastic doctors cultivated theology are no longer suitable to the demands of our times and to the progress of the sciences"--condemned by Pope Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, no. 13, 1864
"Professors shall treat studies in rational theology and philosophy and the instruction of students in these disciplines according to the system, teaching, and principles of the Angelic Doctor and hold to them religiously" --1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 1366 §2
Pope Pius XII condemns the "New Theology" (1950)
Remember that Fr. Ratzinger took the Oath Against Modernism upon his ordination in 1951

New "Stations of the Cross" for a New Religion?
So, what was wrong with the traditional Stations? It must be the "Great Renewal" at work....

Novus Ordo Clergy and Their Puzzling Support for Liberal Parties and Candidates

Vatican stops Diocese in taking Parish Assets

Pro-Abort U.N. Leader to Address World Youth Day
Reality Check:
"And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever?" (2 Cor. 6:15)
Pope St. Pius X condemns the interreligious "Civilization of Love"

A Response to Chris Ferrara's Critique of Sedevacantism, Part 1

Cologne Jews prepare for Benedict XVI

"Epiphany"

Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Novus Ordo "Catholicism" gets Help from the Masonic Anti-Defamation League

Ooops: Masons appoint Novus Ordo Priest as Chaplain
Reality Check: Pope Leo XIII on Freemasonry

Something happened on the Way to the Vatican?

For the retreat: beautiful church, beautiful altars?

John Paul "the Great" Update:
"The prayer meeting in the sanctuary at Lake Togo was particularly striking. There I prayed for the first time with animists." (from La Croix, Aug. 23, 1985; qtd. in Peter, Lovest Thou Me?, p. 154)
This is not surprising, for in Redemptor Hominis, John Paul II encouraged "prayer in common" with "the representatives of the non-Christian religions" (par. 6).

New Worship Space: "Impressive and Beautiful"?

WE HAVE BEEN WARNED:
"Now you know well that the most deadly foes of the Catholic religion have always waged a fierce war, but without success, against this Chair; they are by no means ignorant of the fact that religion itself can never totter and fall while this Chair remains intact; the Chair which rests on the rock which the proud gates of hell cannot overthrow and in which there is the whole and perfect solidity of the Christian religion."
--Pope Pius IX, Encyclical Inter Multiplices, 1853

Blasphemy!
"Regina Pacis" Chapel in Germany

Apostasy in Austria

Flachback 2002: John Paul II receives a "Blessing"

Novus Ordo Church seeks Traditional Help?
Mel Gibson asked to help stage Passion for Benedict XVI

Novus Ordo Standards find New Lows:
Lifebelt Altar?
(Soon they'll say the New Mass on a thimble...)

Ooops: Rock Group to Perform at World Youth Day reflects typical "New Springtime" Climate

Seeking "Groovy" Vocations:
More from the "Men in Black" Campaign to find "Priestly" Vocations

See what's going on at L.A.'s Ecumenical Office

"Mass" at IHOP
That's a first, isn't it? So is it "House of Prayer" or "House of Pancakes"?

Benedict XVI Loves Lay Movements

Just a Reminder:
The Glories of World Youth Day 2002

So you didn't believe us?
Proof for the St. Francis Prophecy: we scanned in the pages

What might soon be coming to you too:
All the Faithful named as Defendants--soon at a diocese near you?

Only in the Novus Ordo:
How Minnesota Diocese Recruits Vocations to the "Priesthood"
My oh my...it's the "Fun Church" all over again

Send in the Clowns!

Levada Trouble²:
Portland Diocese Lawyer Implies Woman should have used Birth Control
Reality Check: "Birth control leads to no births and no control" (G.K. Chesterton)
"Archbishop" Levada Postpones Testimony

'Hello, Communists!'
Benedict XVI Greets Schismatic Communist Priests

Did you know?
There are Jews Against Zionism

"Communism is Dead" Update:
Russia, China prepare for Joint War Games

fProfessor unlocks Secrets of Freemasonry

fU.S. Novus Ordo Bishops to Homosexuals:
"In You God's Love is Revealed."
Only in the Novus Ordo....

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Knew it!
Ecumenism is about Getting Along,
Not about Converting People to Catholicism
Can you spell H-E-R-E-S-Y?

Remind you of a Guillotine?

Pop Quiz: Name that Vocation!
Look at the three flashing pictures in the middle of the screen: can you identify the vocations?

Novus Ordo or New Age?
(Is there a difference?)

Proceed at your own Risk:
"Worship Space" Virtual Tour
Backed by the Diocese of Cleveland!

Benedict XVI: Some would-be Priests in Africa only looking for a better Life

The Consequence of teaching Religious Liberty:
Please Smudge Over Here

Next Stop: Sydney
World Youth Day 2008 "Down Under"

Source tells Novus Ordo Watch that SSPX Superior General
Bishop Fellay will meet with Benedict XVI on August 29

"John Paul the Great" Update:
"May Saint John Baptist protect Islam..."

Ooops: Would-be "Priestess" teaches at "Catholic" University

Oh, that's nice:
"Catholic" Hospital adds "Meditation Room" for Non-Catholics
But they won't allow Voodooism! Why not? John Paul II invited them to Assisi and considered their prayers efficacious!
(Nice pictures here)

"Catholic" Church in Abuja now has Female "Lay Ministers"