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Protestantizing devotional
life
'Catholic Charismatic' movement's revealing
history
Like the "new Mass," the so-called "Catholic charismatic
renewal" movement was one of the fruits of John XXIII's "new Pentecost"
that emerged in the 1960s after Vatican II, falsely promising Catholics
a "new, improved" way to pray. It also paralleled the Novus Ordo Missĉ
by mimicking Protestant services, in this case the delirium of the
Pentecostals; just as the Montini-Bugnini "Mass" moved the focus of
worship from a renewal of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary and His Presence
in the Blessed Sacrament to a celebration of the congregation,
Charismatic services are very much geared to the "experience" of the
participants.
Playing the role of
Obama's hitman
'Priest' who mocked Hillary again draws spotlight
"He's a white priest at a largely
black church. He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis
Farrakhan. He's been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he
thinks has wronged his parish -- from gun dealers to a local Catholic
sports league. Now the Rev. Michael Pfleger is something else: the
latest thorn in the side of presidential candidate Barack Obama."
VIDEO
Pfleger
at Obama's church (If you haven't seen him in action, watch as
Pfleger does his imitation of a black minister. LOL)
NOW Comments:
On the heels of Pfleger's remark 'Cardinal'
Francis George "issued a press
release Friday in which he criticized both Pfleger's involvement in a
political campaign and a 'personal attack' on Clinton." This misses the
real issue, which is that no one worthy of the name Catholic should be
backing Obama, Clinton or any candidate who holds anti-God stands
in favor of such evils as legal abortion, "gay" rights and
euthanasia.
Modernist Rome has approved
'scriptural version' WYD Stations of the Cross changed to
please non-Catholics
"In a bid to ensure the World Youth Day Stations of the Cross will not
incite anti-Semitic feelings and appeal to all Christians, organizers
have dropped six traditional stations which have no scriptural
foundation. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the Church has
changed one of its most popular devotions and a landmark event of World
Youth Day to take account of the sensitivities of Jews and draw other
Christian denominations into its youth celebrations."
No,
explain it to the unborn!
'Archbishop' explains admonishment of pro-abortion Kansas governor
"Archbishop of Kansas City Joseph F. Naumann has further explained the
motives for his public admonishment of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius
for her support for legal abortion. The archbishop’s May 9 column,
citing her recent veto of an abortion law reform bill passed by the
Kansas legislature, had warned Governor Sebelius not to present herself
for Holy Communion until she has publicly repented."
NOW Comments:
Some "neo-traditional" types (mainly the same crowd that views Benedict
XVI's Latin Mass motu proprio as the greatest thing since, well, since
Quo Primum)
will vigorously applaud Naumann, but their approbation is very much
misguided. It is instructive to note that Sebelius (easy to
remember, rhymes with rebellious) isn't excommunicated for
being an abortion facilitator, because for Naumann and other members of
the Novus Ordo hierarchy (including "Pope" Ratzinger"), tangibly
assisting in prenatal infanticide simply isn't a very serious matter.
Please keep this in mind when some conciliar apologist tells you how
"pro-life" his or her church is, because it's not: One can be a
conscious abettor of these crimes against the weakest and most innocent
members of society and still be a member of the Vatican II
church. It's no big deal!
Yet another push for a 'global ethic'
Tony Blair's new foundation tacitly promotes one-world religion
"Tony Blair will today launch his long
awaited
Faith Foundation in New York,
saying that he wants religion to be seen as a force for good in the
world. The new organization, for which he is seeking hundreds of
millions of pounds of charitable funding, will focus on developing
better understanding between faiths as well as fostering concrete action
on fighting poverty and disease."
NOW Comments:
It has been noted that Novus Ordo convert Blair has his friend,
Modernist
Hans Küng, in part to thank for "becoming
a Catholic." Blair, who
hasn't reputed a single iota of the staunchly pro-abortion, pro-sodomite
record he assembled while Prime Minister,
seems to have patterned his foundation closely
after his pal Küng's own interfaith
Global Ethic Foundation.
Good, but the need for measure shows insanity of the times
Personhood amendment certified for Colorado ballot
"A Colorado proposal defining a fertilized egg as a human person has
been certified for the November ballot by Colorado Secretary of State
Mike Coffman, who said about 103,000 people validly signed petitions
backing the proposal."
Sedevacantism Debate - Lane vs. Sungenis
(Part 1) (See below for links to more of
the debate)
Assault upon the rights of God
California Assembly passes pro-euthanasia bill
"The California Assembly has approved a bill that promotes euthanasia in
limited circumstances. The bill would codify palliative sedation and
voluntary stopping of eating and drinking as legitimate means of pain
control and pro-life groups are strongly opposed to it."
VIDEO/TEXT
Lawsuit filed against 'priest' who made pornographic photos of himself
"A new lawsuit was filed Friday against
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and a suspended priest. The case
involves compromising pictures of the Rev. Gary Mercure apparently taken
more than a decade ago."
Related column:
Albany priest, diocese sued Ferociously pro-abortion
Kennedy: 'last lion' in the Senate?
"Sen. John McCain responded to the news of Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain
tumor saying that Ted Kennedy was the "last lion of the Senate." Nice
words, but hollow. Clearly Kennedy has been a forty-year force to reckon
with in the US Senate, but lionizing him for his headstrong political
partisanship over four decades is a little like saying that sticking
around for a long time and being opinionated qualifies as a 'legacy.' That very record of
anti-life advocacy is the measure by which his soul will be judged."
Hmm, not too well?
Conference examines how clergy abuse is handled by 'dioceses' worldwide
Not so different from a Modernist
one, come to think of it
'Cardinal' Martini's glimpse of the post-modern Church
"Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, retired Archbishop
of Milan, recently published an article in the Jesuit magazine
America that is worthy of analysis.…Last year he made headlines
stating the Church should open its doors to euthanasia. Prior to that,
he suggested that Benedict XVI take new steps in ecumenism to move
toward a Pan-religion. Even before that, he was one of the main voices
clamoring for a more extensive application of collegiality to diminish
the role of the Papacy, and calling for a Vatican III to achieve what
Vatican II did not accomplish, etc."
Lest we forget!
John XXIII Mass Changes
A noble, unjustly defamed institution
The truth about the Spanish Inquisition
"One need not have read Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum
to have heard of the dark dungeons, sadistic churchmen, and excruciating
tortures of the Spanish Inquisition. The rack, the iron maiden, the
bonfires on which the Catholic Church dumped its enemies by the
millions: These are all familiar icons of the Spanish Inquisition set
firmly into our culture. This image of the Spanish Inquisition is a
useful one for those who have little love for the Catholic Church.
Anyone wishing to beat the Church about the head and shoulders will not
tarry long before grabbing two favorite clubs: the Crusades and the
Spanish Inquisition.…"
'Art'
very possibly based on Satanist Crowley's blasphemous rite 'Bishop' offers
very muted criticism of crucified frog sculpture
"A sculpture of a
crucified frog holding a mug of beer on
display at a Bolzano museum has sparked outrage in Italy. ANSA reports
that local clerics and politicians want the work removed. The one
meter high work by late German artist Martin Kippenberger belongs to his
Fred the Frog series and depicts a warty, pop-eyed amphibian nailed to a
cross with a frothing mug of beer in one hand.
"Curators at Bolzano museum of modern art Museion said that
Kippenberger's work was a self portrait of the artist ''in a state of
profound
crisis,' but their explanation has been given short shrift by local
bishop Wilhelm Egger."
NOW Comments:
'Bishop" Egger complained: 'The crucified frog has shocked many visitors
to the Museion and has hurt their religious feelings. Even if this was
not the intention of the artist or the Museion, there is a law in place
that says religious feelings should be respected." This response is so
typical of the false shepherds leading the Novus Ordo sect. He suggests
that perhaps the artist or gallery didn't mean to shock and offend.
Really? What part of mocking our Lord's Crucifixion doesn't the man
understand? How much more obvious does it need to be? If an "artist"
throws a crucifix in a jar of urine or makes a portrait of the Blessed
Virgin Mary out of dung, isn't
that more than a hint as to the intent? If a "playwright" casts the role
of Jesus as a foul-mouthed, violence prone sodomite, can't it be safely
assumed that the man is not a friend of God? Ditto
for the one who seeks to turn Christ into a beer-guzzling amphibian on a
cross.
Kippenberger may have gotten the idea from an occult ritual written by
the notorious British Satanist,
Aleister Crowley
(photo right). Crowley entitled the rite
Stauros Batrachou ("Cross of a Frog"), and before the actual
killing of the animal, he goes through steps that include placing it in
a box while intoning a passage from the Te Deum ("Thou didst not abhor
the Virgin's Womb") and "baptizing" it. The ritual is from beginning to
end one of the most studiously blasphemous productions ever conceived in
the darkest recesses of a depraved human mind. For all that, we can only
wonder whether Egger would hold out that it might not have been
Crowley's intention to blaspheme, maybe he "meant well." Such is
the Conciliar mindset, where we see three essentially three types of
"bishops": those who are 1) weaklings too cowardly to stand up for
Christ, 2) equivocators who have adopted an "I'm OK, You're OK"
compromise with the world, and 3) outright infiltrators and turncoats,
who knowingly seek to undermine the Church and Christian
civilization. Such an across-the-board lack of just moral outrage, of
Catholic militancy in these men over those things which seek to mock God
and all things holy is one of the surest proofs that there is a
counterfeit church posing as the Catholic Church.
False ecumenism update
Benedict XVI to meet leaders of other religions in Australia
"Pope Benedict XVI will meet Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu leaders
during his visit to Australia in July, organizers said Wednesday. The
leader of the Roman Catholic church will speak with about 40
representatives from other faiths while in Sydney for World Youth Day, a
six-day celebration of the Catholic faith aimed at young people."
From
Christ or Chaos
One world plus one church equals Novus Ordo Seculorum "There is no end to the multiplicity of ways in which the
scions of the counterfeit church of conciliarism find to offend and to
blaspheme the Most Holy Trinity. Actually, of course, the conciliarists
simply give us variations on their apostate Modernist themes over and
over again, making each succeeding response to this endless array of
variations rather wearying, to say nothing of very redundant.'
Lyrics say 'smash…the bourgeois' Communist band opens for Obama
"A hip rock band that features the
Soviet national anthem and
communist-inspired lyrics
communist-inspired lyrics was on stage to open for Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama at his record-breaking Portland,
Ore., rally that attracted 75,000.…The Decemberists have posed for
publicity photos in
period Russian costumes with the red flag of the Bolshevik Revolution of
1917 waving behind them."
Reality Check: For more on Obama's Communist credentials elsewhere on this page,
click here and here.
Holy Shroud is really Christ's burial
cloth
(silent intro ends 00.52 into video)
Fool us once, shame on you; fool us twice…oh, well why not,
go right ahead!
L.A. report: Local 'parishes' contributing millions toward sex abuse
settlements
"Parishes across the sprawling Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
are answering an appeal from Cardinal Roger Mahony to help the church
pay its multimillion-dollar legal settlements with victims of clergy
sexual abuse."
Shambling towards the abyss
Millions celebrate 'gay pride' in once-Catholic Brazil
"Millions of people waving rainbow flags and wearing lavish Carnival
costumes paraded in South America's biggest city Sunday to celebrate gay
pride and demand an end to homophobia and sexism."
Customs director: They run the risk of being criminally liable
'Catholic' radicals to give sanctuary to (read harbor) illegal
aliens in Texas
"A group of faith-driven activists is trying to organize a network to
help illegal immigrants who fear new local immigration-related laws and
massive raids. The advocates—all Catholic—hope to provide places to
stay, food and health care for immigrants. They have a few families who
have volunteered
to host immigrants, but ultimately want to open a shelter."
And the 'diocese' agrees!
Cleveland considers making chapel 'less Catholic'
"Officials at the Cleveland airport say they're considering moving its
chapel because some visitors say the space is "too Catholic."
Same-sex 'marriage'
Post-Christian America
"'A Victory for Equality and Justice,' blared the headline above
the editorial. 'Momentous,' 'historic,' 'a major victory for civil
rights,' 'a scrupulously fair ruling based on law, precedents and common
sense.' This was the ecstatic reaction of
The
New York Times
to the California Supreme Court's declaration that homosexuals have a
right to marry and have their unions recognized as marriages.
"Now
there may be hugging around the newsroom at the
Times,
where one senior writer said, a few years back, three-fourths of the
folks who make up the front page are gay. But this is just another
streetlight on America's darkening path to perdition as a society and
republic."
Appealing words veil Modernist deception
Hoyos on Summorum Pontificum
"Cardinal" Dario Castrillon Hoyos, Benedict XVI's President of the
"Pontifical" Commission Ecclesia Dei, appeared before the camera to film
the introduction to a video promoting the motu proprio
Summorum Pontificum
to Novus Ordo presiders, though the validity of Masses said by these men
must be considered as doubtful as their Holy Orders. He begins the intro
sounding very Catholic, alluding to how the traditional Mass is a
"treasure" that for over a thousand "brought unity to the Faith," and
enabled Catholics to adore God in "sacred silence" and "contemplation,"
and how it is a rite of "liturgical richness," "spiritual richness," and
"theological richness."
The obvious question for Hoyos is why there should even be a "new
Mass" to compete with the Mass, since it could never equal, much less
surpass, it. Why replace a treasure with something clearly of
lesser value, something that destroys quiet spiritual reflection on the
Holy Sacrifice at the altar for noisy communal distractions and which,
instead of being theologically rich is vague and ambiguous, when it
isn't being outright erroneous? Why tale away the hallowed Mystery of
Faith, only to put in its place something commonplace and even at times
profane?
Hoyos says that
Benedict promulgated the motu proprio "spontaneously" as "a gift
freely offered," but those who are familiar with Ratzinger's writings on
liturgy know him to favor a merging of the two rites. It is something
that he's been considering for years, so it's hardly a spontaneous act.
The notion that
Summorum Pontificum
is somehow a
gift
is an insult to Catholics. We are entitled to the true Mass in every
church in the world, and
not as an equivalent to that long ago discredited caricature of sacred
liturgy, Montini-Bugnini's so-called
Novus Ordo Missĉ,
which does nothing to enrich the soul or spiritually edify the senses.
There can be no compromise for Catholics, no acceptance of what is
essentially a Protestant worship service as a trade-off for limited
access to the true Mass in Conciliar churches.
The video's conclusion is telling, as well, for as Hoyos mentions new
church clerics learning the traditional rite, he says such instruction
is very important, so that they will celebrate it with
"piety and love." This is a curious remark, because of what it
inadvertently suggests. Instruction videos can teach the Latin, the
rubrics, and so forth, needed to offer Mass properly, but what they
can't do is provide the dispositions of the heart necessary to do so in
a reverent manner. But if the true Mass and "new Mass" are but
variations of the same Roman Rite, then why should Hoyos even be
concerned about such a thing in the first place? If they're already
saying one form of the rite with the requisite piety and love, oughtn't
it care over to the other form as well? If there wasn't the disparity of
rites we know exists, then Hoyos would never have had to say such a
thing, but the underlying truth is that going through the Mass as if it
were the Novus Ordo would be manifestly flawed. Hence the need for such
a caveat.
N.B. What must never be lost sight of when we see Hoyos spin such
comforting rhetoric is that the motu proprio is Benedict XVI's stepping
stone to the "Mass of the Future," which will be a hybrid fusing
elements of each rite together into a synthesis. Already, in the Good
Friday Prayer revision, we see Ratzinger beginning the process by
patching his novelty into the 1962 Missal, and the motu crowd should
expect more of the same in the not too distant future for the "Pope" has
written that "the two Forms of the usage of the Roman Rite can be
mutually enriching: new Saints and some of the new Prefaces can and
should be inserted in the old Missal. The
'Ecclesia Dei'
Commission, in contact with various bodies devoted to the
usus antiquior,
will study the practical possibilities in this regard." (from the motu's
Explanatory Letter)
Do not be deceived, the so-called "universal indult" is not the final
destination, not by a long stretch.
as an increasing number of metropolitan areas, such as Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, continue to report more deaths than births."
He wouldn't even pass
security clearance!
Barack Obama's Communist connections
"Frank
Chapman, a member of the
U.S. Peace Council Executive Committee, wrote
what could be called a gloating letter to the
People's Weekly World
right after Obama's victory this year in the Iowa Democrat Party
caucuses. Therein, he said the following: 'Obama's victory was more than
a progressive move: It was a dialectical leap ushering in a
qualitatively new era of struggle. Marx once compared [the]
revolutionary new era of struggle with the work of the
mole, who
sometimes burrows so far beneath the ground that he leaves no trace of
his movement on the surface. This is the old revolutionary "mole," not
only showing his traces on the surface but also breaking through.'"
Despite finding 100s of 'gay' photos on computer!
Police close book on Aussie 'priest' investigation
"South Australian police will not file charges against an Adelaide
priest on whose computer hundreds of pornographic images are alleged to
have been found. Adelaide Now reports Fr. Tony Pearson, the priest at
the centre of a police investigation into his activities
with young
males, will not face any criminal charges. This is despite the discovery
of hundreds of pornographic photographs of young men being found on Fr.
Pearson's office computer."
Anti-Christian vigilantism in Israel
Orthodox yeshiva students burn New Testaments
"Orthodox Jews set fire to hundreds of copies of the New Testament in
the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in the Holy
Land. Or Yehuda Deputy Mayor Uzi Aharon said missionaries recently
entered a neighborhood in the predominantly religious town of 34,000 in
central Israel, distributing hundreds of New Testaments and missionary
material.
"After receiving complaints, Aharon said, he got into a loudspeaker car
last Thursday and drove through the neighborhood, urging people to turn
over the material to Jewish religious students who went door to door to
collect it. 'The books were dumped into a pile and set afire in a lot
near a synagogue,' he said."
"Check out the rather grotesque display at a recent Call to Action
conference in San Jose, Calif. Large puppet-like figures are
'participating' in the celebration of a Mass (if you'd call it that).
Sick. It almost looks as if The Joker and his henchmen decided to crash
the CTA conference, perhaps to provide a little 'spiritual' guidance,
no?"
NOW Comments:
We're
still
are trying to make heads or tails of these creepy monstrosities. Far
more difficult than that, though, is to discern how anyone attending
that "Mass" could for
even a moment think that they were somehow doing something pleasing to
God. (To view video,
click here.)
More to do with 'pedophile priest' cover-up than doctrine
Mahony aims to silence rebel Australian bishop
"The Australian bishop whose 'devastating critique' of sex abuse in the
Church became a controversial bestseller last year has come under fire
from the hierarchy at
the start of a month-long US tour."
Receiving communion kneeling may not be permanent change
"The four dozen people who received Communion from Pope Benedict XVI on
the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ received the Eucharist on the
tongue while kneeling. Vatican officials said the gesture at the May 22
Mass outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran does not mark a permanent
change in papal liturgies, but highlighted the solemnity of the feast
and a connection to Mass practices in the past."
NOW Comments:
Once again "Pope" Ratzinger and Co. throw a curve to the
The Remnant
and others who unquestioningly trust a man who they once rightly
regarded as a
destroyer
of Catholic traditions, and once again it should come as no surprise.
Ratzinger has spelled out on more than once occasion that the Vatican II
" liturgical reform" is in need of a reform. As a Modernist, it is
standard thinking for him to see anything and everything in Catholicism
as in a state of
flux,
so for him to
temporarily
offer nostalgic gestures to the traditionally-minded, despite his own
belief that the Traditional Latin Mass is an anachronism, makes perfect
sense. Anything that disarms their
sensus Catholicus
enough that he can condition them to accept his hybrid "Mass of the
Future," which is to have elements of both the true Mass and "new Mass"
blended together to form a new abomination, is fine with him. So far,
much of his grand scheme seems to be moving ahead as planned, though the
stubbornness of the Society of St. Pius X has been a sticking point.
No one who defends traditional Catholic theology is now safe…'
Anti-Semitism and thought control at Catholic University
“We were surprised that Catholic University was allowing two raging
anti-Semites on their campus,' Mr. Mark Potok, of the [Southern Poverty
Law] Center told the Washington Times and presumably the dean. 'A simple
Google search will show you the frightening ideology of these men.'”
"'These are not the Latin Mass traditionalists,' Mr. Potok continued,
referring to me and John Sharpe of IHS press. 'These are the people who
reject Vatican II reforms. They are out of [actor Mel Gibson’s father]
Hutton Gibson’s world, in saying that the Jews are destroying the
world.'"
'Death of Communism' Update
Indiana Jones movie upsets communists
"Members of Russia's Communist Party are calling for a nationwide
boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine
communist ideology and distort history."
Rotten
fruits of Vatican II
Facing demonic possessions on a now-daily basis, German Conciliar church
is forced to import 'exorcists'
"Up to one German per day undergoes a full scale exorcism, a priest
estimates, giving a figure that has shocked the public. Hundreds of
Germans, tortured by inner voices, are looking for priests to help free
them from what they believe to be the grip of the devil, according to a
radio documentary that has stirred debate about exorcism in the Catholic
Church, the
Times Online
reports.
'Over the past year alone I have received requests from around 350
people who think they are possessed by an evil spirit,' says Fr Joerg
Mueller, who heads a group of priests, doctors and therapists to deal
with the problem. 'Therapy hasn't worked for them; they want exorcism —
a prayer that can free them." (Photo: From the 2005 hit
film,
The Exorcism of Emily Rose,
which was based on real life events from Germany in 1975.)
NOW Comments:
It has been over a millennium since the Benedictine missionary and
martyr
St. Boniface brought the Faith to what is now Germany, and the above
article is evidence that that country has become, in a very real sense,
a
"post-Christian"
nation. We can say this based the experience of the Church regarding
demonic possession through the ages. In scripture, we read of several
instances where Christ to cast out demons (Mary Magdalene, a man who
could not speak, a boy who would cast himself into fires and otherwise
attempt self-destruction, a man found living like a wild animal amongst
the tombs at Gerasens, etc.), and exorcism was one of first spiritual
powers He bestowed upon the Apostles:
"Then calling together the twelve apostles, he gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases."
(Luke
9:1)
Clearly, the world was then
a place where such possessions were very prevalent. And so has been the
case down through the ages in every pagan land the Church was to
evangelize, but as our Lord and His Church were brought to the nations,
so that the darkness of their false religions lifted from those peoples,
the incidents lessened. So, in examining Church history we read: "…with
the spread of Christianity and the disappearance of paganism, demonic
power has been curtailed, and cases of obsession have become much rarer.
It is only Catholic missionaries laboring in pagan lands, where
Christianity is not yet dominant, who are likely to meet with fairly
frequent cases of possession."
(Emphasis added;
Catholic Encyclopedia:
Exorcist) We
can logically say, then, based on the evidence provided in the article
that Germany
has again become a mission field in need of a second St. Boniface, and
this is another development that has emerged as a result of the
de-Catholicizing that has taken place there since Vatican II and as a
result of Vatican II. (For newcomers to this site who would like to see
instances of overtly the overtly diabolical in the Novus Ordo, we invite
you to search our site for such terms as "devil mass," "mask," "Marilyn
Manson" and "slasher," or simply drop down on this page to observe the
demonic-looking figures taking part in a video we've titled, "The
Ongoing 'Genius' of the Novus Ordo Church." Above right painting
depicts an exorcism performed by the Jesuit confessor, St.
Francis Borgia.)
About ancient 'convergences of
Judaism and Christianity'!
Rabbi Neusner to Rabbi Ratzinger: '(Let's) write a book together'
"The pope came about an hour and a half later and spoke to the 150
religious leaders who were there and exchanged gifts with
representatives of Judaism, Islam, Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism. There
were no other Christianities that were invited."
From
Christ or Chaos
Without regard for the truth (latest Novus Ordo attack on St.
Pius X)
"Given the importance of defending the honor of Pope
Saint Pius X (and given the fact that so few people are purchasing
lectures), I have spent most of today, Monday, May 19, 2008, writing
this article to refute an effort by a professor of canon law in Italy to
claim the last validly canonized saint of the Catholic Church as a
champion of conciliarism. Pope Saint Pius X condemned each of the
novelties of conciliarism that have been promoted and defended with such
vigor by Joseph Ratzinger throughout the course of his priesthood. These
are enumerated once again in this article. Pope Saint Pius X approved of
various ecclesiastical reforms to buttress the Church against Modernism,
not to make any kind of accommodations with its spirit in the world.
Another sterling Bush appointee
Once-Jesuit university honors open sodomite, calls him 'role model' for
students
"Among those receiving honorary degrees at University of San Francisco
commencement ceremonies this past weekend was Ambassador Mark Dybul, an
open homosexual with a same-sex partner about whom he makes no secret. Dybul has served as U.S. Global AIDS coordinator under President George
W. Bush."
Just the start…
Latin Mass in Cardiff canceled due to female server
"URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Pontifical High Mass in the Traditional Latin
Rite due to be offered in Cardiff Cathedral on Sunday 18 May at 11.00 am
has been cancelled at the last moment. The LMS withdrew its involvement
with this Mass after the Cathedral Dean insisted that a lady server be
present in the Sanctuary during Mass. The LMS apologizes to members and
supporters for the disappointment and inconvenience caused."
Sounds like Hillary's speechwriter
'Cardinal' Murphy-O'Connor: Let's at least make abortion
rarer
"Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor looked at the bright side, after noting
the disappointment brought by parliamentarians who voted to leave the
upper time limit for Britain's abortion law at 24 weeks of gestation."
NOW Comments:
This is the sort of response we've come to expect from the members of
Novus Ordo hierarchy when it comes to taking a stand for life. They
didn't forcefully stand up against it decades ago, when it was still
illegal and they haven't done so in the intervening years, which is why
we see pro-abortion politicians like Tony Blair and John Kerry still
accepted as members of the counterfeit church. This is a war of light
against darkness, of life against death, of God's rights versus the
world's sins, yet for the lack of urgency and militancy these men
exhibit, it might as well be a debate over some morally neutral issue,
such as whether more taxes are needed for road repair.
Murphy-O'Connor
states, echoing the enemies of life, that abortion is
"personal choice. It is also about the choices our society makes to
support women, their partners and families who face difficult decisions."
Interesting that he uses the expression "partners" instead of "husbands"
or "spouses," pointing to the usually illegitimate (and sometimes
unnatural) cohabitation of these women (while underplaying those who
chose to abort against their husbands' wishes), without condemning the
these iniquities that open the door to the contraception/abortion
mentality in the first place. Keep in mind that
Murphy-O'Connor is one of the more conservative new order
"bishops" on abortion, and you can see why nothing will ever get done
for the unborn while they continue their compromise with the enemies of
of the unborn.
PHOTOS/TEXT
Wasn't this supposed to come to an end with the motu?! No,
really!
'Circus Mass' in Monte Carlo mocks the real Mass (okay, that's a
given)
"At the 32nd International Circus Festival
in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Archbishop Bernard Barsi and the Bishops of
Monaco enter the ring to celebrate Mass among clowns and circus acts.
This event was part of the Week for Christian Unity - 2008."
Related Link:
'Circus Mass' in Linz: Liturgically, elevation has a different meaning
Okay, Monte Carlo, you may have clowns, macaws and the Egg Man, but Linz
has helium-filled "altar" balloons, a tie-dyed chasuble and a magic act
that could be opening in Vegas. Top that! (Well, alright…the Egg Man's
tough to beat. Coo-coo-cah-choo and all that.)
But when they do act on those inclinations…then
what? Filipino
'cardinal' gives partial thumbs-up for 'gay priests'
"The Manila Archbishop Monday said that having homosexual Catholic
priests wouldn’t be 'too bad' as long as they didn’t 'act out' their
'tendencies.' In an interview on Church-run Radio Veritas, Gaudencio
Cardinal Rosales acknowledged that gay men had been accepted into the
priesthood because 'even if [the priest] has [homosexual] inclinations,
it does not immediately mean that he is evil.'”
Promiscuity encouraged
'Anonymous birthing' law proposed to lessen abortion in once-Catholic
Brazil
"A Brazilian lawmaker has proposed legalizing 'anonymous birthing' to
allow women who do not want to or are unable to raise a child to give
birth without identifying themselves and to give the child up for
adoption, in hopes that such a measure would reduce the number of
abortions and the frequency of infant abandonment."
Unfortunately, there are plenty of 'Catholic' voters
who support him regardless
Conservative Novus Ordo paper calls Obama's views on abortion and
euthanasia problematic
"One of the top Catholic publications in the United States carried an
editorial in its latest issue saying Barack Obama's positions in favor
of abortion and euthanasia are problematic for Catholic voters. Obama
appears more and more likely to be the Democratic nominee and his views
will cost him Catholic votes."
that's
what it was!
Noe: Paul VI saw liturgical abuse as 'smoke of Satan'
"When Pope Paul VI [Giovanni Montini] spoke about the
'smoke of Satan' entering the Catholic Church, he was referring to
liturgical abuses, according to the prelate who served as his master of
ceremonies.
"Cardinal Virgilio Noe [pronounced "No-eh"], the chief Vatican liturgist
during the pontificate of Paul VI, spoke candidly about the late Pope's
concerns in an interview with the Roman Petrus web site. The Italian
prelate-- who was also the Vatican's top liturgist under Pope John Paul
I and the early years of the pontificate of John Paul II-- is now
retired, and at the age of 86 his health is failing. In his interview
with Petrus he concentrated primarily on his years serving Pope Paul VI.
"Pope
Paul accepted the liturgical reforms after Vatican II 'with pleasure,'
Cardinal Noe said.…" (emphasis added)
NOW Comments:
Those pesky abuses,
of course!
What's could be more
logical? For decades it's been the excuse of choice for Conciliar
apologists seeking to defend the Montini-Bugnini "new Mass,' so its
fitting that the alibi's come full circle as a defense for Paul VI
himself.
The only
trouble with it is that it ignores several obvious facts.
For a decade after Montini's imposition of the Novus Ordo Missae in 1969
the "abuses" continued unabated, so their would have been plenty of time
for him to have moved against them, but he did no such thing. The truth
behind this smoke screen, of course, is that it is Paul
VI's novel liturgy
itself
that is the
abuse.
Smoke of Satan in the sanctuary? It was Montini he put it there when he
sought to foist on Catholics a rite that was principally crafted by the
Freemason Bugnini with the assistance of Protestant ministers (shown
above with Paul VI, who is at the right). It is curious that it took Noe
over thirty years after Montini used the expression in 1972 to
"remember" that it alluded to abuses; curious, as well, that the
recollection came only after Benedict XVI's "liberation of the
traditional Mass." (Neither did Noe, despite being "papal" master of
ceremonies for Paul VI, do anything to fight the abuses, nor would he in
his years with John Paul II.)
'Offending' photo shows eight-week old fetus
Aussie student body forbids pro-life poster "A Catholic students group at the University of Queensland has been
gagged and threatened with disaffiliation from the students union for
taking a perceived anti-abortion stance. Newman Society secretary Elise
Nally, a third-year applied science student, slammed the union action as
totalitarian and anti-free speech."
From
Christ or Chaos
Calling all space cadets
"Of all the absurdities that conciliarism presents to us on a regular
basis, my friends, it is most telling that the semi-official newspaper
of the Vatican, now in conciliar captivity, believes that ruminations
about the possible existence of space aliens is newsworthy. Imagine
this. What does this matter to Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. He is so
steeped in his role as the Modernist academician that he sees no harm in
this utter waste of time and effort and newsprint. Does anyone want to
assert that Pope Saint Pius X would have tolerated such an article in
L'Osservatore Romano
during his pontificate?"
Sliding further down the slippery slope
Abortifacient 'morning after' pill now sold off the shelf in Canada
"Canada’s National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA)
has announced that the abortifacient drug, the morning-after pill (MAP),
will be available over the counter without either a doctor’s
prescription or pharmacist’s oversight being required."
And
still further
down the slope California
Supreme Court legalizes same-sex 'marriage'
"When San Francisco's mayor quietly directed his staff to issue marriage
licenses to same-sex couples four years ago, the first couple invited to
exchange vows were two women who had been partners in life, love and
lesbian politics for more than half a century."
'Death of Communism' update
'Ex-Soviet' Russia close to $2B arms deal with
Marxist Venezuela
"Next to Communist Cuba, Boliviarian Venezuela is neo-Soviet Russia's
biggest client for military hardware. Later this month Venezuela's
revolutionary leader Hugo Chavez will visit Moscow to conclude a US$2
billion arms agreement that includes 10 Il-76 Candid military transport
planes, two Il-78-MK aerial tankers, and four Kilo-class Project 636
diesel submarines. The Russian transport planes and aerial tankers will
replace US counterparts currently in service with the Venezuelan Air
Force but which the USA refuses to upgrade due to political tensions
between Washington and Caracas.
"This will be the communist dictator's seventh visit to Russia since
assuming office in February 1999. During last summer's Moscow trip
(pictured above), in addition to power networking with then President
Vladimir Putin, Chavez also rubbed elbows with Communist Party of the
Russian Federation/Soviet Union Chairman Gennady Zyuganov. At the time
Zyuganov declared:
'Comrade Chavez is a reliable friend and very bright politician.'
(emphasis added) Comment is hardly necessary."
NOW Comments:
So, it looks like Putin's no longer a Communist bent on destroying the
West after all. No,
really!
VIDEO/TEXT
But (surprise!) he may be reassigned elsewhere in Dallas
'Priest' associated with sodomite clergy website resigns after public
uproar
"A priest in the Diocese of Dallas has resigned from his parish just two
weeks after taking the pulpit, and it stems from questions that have
arisen about his sexuality."
Brainwashing the public
New poll: Most Americans support legalizing
assisted suicide
"A new poll finds a majority of Americans would
support their own state following Oregon's lead and legalizing assisted
suicide. The results, if accurate, should be a concern for pro-life
advocates who are working hard to stop Washington and other states from
following suit."
NOW Comments:
Public opinion surveys always are to be taken with a large grain of
salt, especially when the pollsters try to claim that they are able to
accurately glean the sentiment of a nation of over 200 million citizens
simply by contacting 1100 people for their views. The results are all
the more dubious when they're found to significantly contradict other
polls' findings. Still, this is a method that in the past has
successfully conditioned and molded the minds of many to accept such
moral evils as abortion and homosexuality, so it should not be viewed
lightly.
Another error embraced by Modernist Rome
Holy See announces compliance with UN
policies on ozone depletion
"The Holy See has certified its compliance with an international
treatment protecting the ozone layer. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the
Vatican's permanent observer at the UN headquarters in New York, has
provided the UN leadership with documents attesting the Vatican's
compliance with the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol: both
documents dealing with the production and control of substances believed
to harm the ozone layer."
THE
CHURCH & SALVATION by Msgr. Fenton is a classic work on the subject
of Baptism and Salvation. First commenting, then analyzing the concept
of salvation, and shows the doctrine of salvation is determined by and
depends upon, the very nature of the Church. "In his encyclical Humani
Generis Pope Pius XII referred to a statement by his great predecessor,
Pope Pius IX, to the effect that the noblest function of sacred theology
is that of showing how the doctrine defined by the Church is found in
the sources of revelation--that is, in Sacred Scripture and in divine
apostolic tradition--in the very sense in which the Church proposed it
This book is the result of a laborious and humble effort to do this with
reference to what the ecclesiastical teaching authority has taught and
defended about the necessity of the Church for the attainment of eternal
salvation." from the introduction. A must! Hardback. $21.95
To counter anti-religious views? 'Respect
atheists,' teaches UK 'cardinal'
"The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists
and agnostics with 'deep esteem.' Believers may be partly responsible
for the decline in faith by losing sense of the mystery and treating God
as a 'fact in the world,' he said in a lecture."
Springer musical viciously
attacks Catholic Faith
Cincinnati mayor involved in bringing blasphemous play to town
"NSC is thrilled to present the regional premiere of the sensational,
award-winning musical
Jerry Springer: The Opera,
which is a fascinating mix of the highest form of art and the lowest
form of culture - opera and daytime television."
O God, Who didst
teach the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Ghost, grant
us by the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever rejoice in His comfort
through the same Christ Thy Son, our Lord.
Does the death of Europe approach? EU report
charts the collapse of family life
"There is one marital breakdown and one abortion in Europe almost every
30 seconds, a report that claims to chart the collapse of family life
said yesterday. In a survey of life in the 27 European Union countries,
the Institute for Family Policy said that pensioners now outnumbered
teenagers, and more people were living alone."
New
form of smear—'He
was really one of us!'
Revisionist bio paints Pope Saint Pius X as
precursor of Vatican II "The assessment of the pontificate of Pius X – which until now
had appeared as a moment of stasis or even of regression because of the
condemnation of modernism – emerges overturned. It was not the desire
for condemnation, but the insistence on reform and modernization that
motivated his decade-long pontific, an insistence so energetic that the
pope preferred to advance it through his own private secretariat, the
well-known 'segreteriola,' rather than through the offices of the
curia."
NOW Comments:
To equate the true reforms of
St.
Pius X , who sought to
restore all things in Christ
with the Vatican II revolution besmirches the memory of
one of the Church's greatest popes, and is hopelessly out of touch with
the spirit of his glorious pontificate. His reforms weren't about
"updatedness" or change for change's sake any more than were those of
St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila's reform of the
Carmelites, which strove for a return to the true spirit and rule of an
order that had been greatly harmed by
innovators.
St. Pius' reform of liturgical music, for example, the 1903 motu proprio
Inter Sollicitudines,
had nothing to do with "modernization," but quite the opposite strove to
banish the profane and theatrical compositions that had become quite
prevalent in Catholic churches over the previous century, and to return
to chant, polyphony and hymns that contain the features necessary for
good sacred music:
sanctity,
goodness of form
and
universality,
along with
sobriety
and
gravity.
And here's an instance where the post-conciliar church would later
overturn
this wholesome Pian decree to restore more edifying music, not only in
spirit (banal "pop" songs that center on the congregation instead of
God, and that exhibit
none
of the essential features enumerated above, have become the model for
Novus Ordo "hymns"), but at times against the very letter of the motu
(the sainted pope expressly
forbade
pianos, yet their defiant presence is a standard feature in Novus Ordo
churches).
Hillary's radical skeletons
"Conservatives, amused at the once-invincible Obama finally facing tough
questions, would be ill-served if they allow her to establish her new
image as a plain vanilla moderate. From her crusading days in Wellesley
College through her choice of minister during her eight years in the
East Wing, Hillary has surrounded herself with a consortium of radicals
that would make Obama blush (or rather, feel right at home)."
Over the years when it comes to the subject
of liturgical insanity, we've seen a seemingly endless
stream of "abuses" coming out of the Vatican II church, each
vying with its predecessors
for
outrage. But that said, the above insanity still makes the
short list. Is there
anything
they won't do? It should be duly noted that this is the
"ordinary form of the Roman Rite"
(Benedict XVI), and is being celebrated for the
quasi-excommunicated Call to Action group by the retired
Canadian bishop (and a key "progressive" Council figure)
Bishop Remi Joseph De
Roo,
who happens to be in good standing with Modernist Rome. The
totally uncatholic atmosphere in the video is furthered by
the music, including the monumentally awful entrance hymn,
"Sing a New Church," by "Benedictine" liturgy
coordinator,
Delores Dufner, "named as one of three outstanding
Roman Catholic (sic)
hymn text writers since Vatican II." As for the grotesque
towering
things
that appear assisting De Roo at "Mass," some observers have
seen a likeness to
this creature. (Any other
guesses?)
Making them up as they go
'Bishops' to study Spirit's 'new gifts'
"With the encouragement of Benedict XVI, the Pontifical Council for the
Laity is gathering bishops to reflect on 'the ecclesial movements and
new communities as a gift of the Holy Spirit.'
Modernist Rome's decree downplayed
Utah 'bishop' speaks of mutual 'respect' between Conciliar and Mormon
sects
"A letter from the Vatican to all Catholic bishops asked them not to
allow The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to microfilm
parish registers. Today, Eyewitness News talked with Utah's Catholic
bishop about what this means and how it will affect the relationship
between the two faiths."
"Texas residents are alarmed that Bishop Kevin Farrell
has appointed Fr. Arthur Mallinson (pictured), a priest
associated with a prominent website for actively homosexual
priests and religious, pastor of the newly renovated St.
Michael's parish in McKinney, Texas.
"Fr. Arthur Mallinson's picture has appeared on the St.
Sebastian's Angels (SSA) website, a now defunct online
network for actively homosexual priests and religious that
featured pornographic images, sexually explicit comments,
and derogatory remarks about Vatican churchmen, particularly
against then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger."
"[T]he U.S. Church now has more than 31,000 lay ecclesial
ministers (60% of them women) working at least 20 hours a
week. At the same time, there are 16,000 permanent deacons
and only 21,000 diocesan priests, 70% of them 55 and older."
'Hell Night' lives down to its name
Tulane fraternity suspended, 8 arrested after
hazing activities
"Ten Tulane University fraternity members faced felony
charges Wednesday and the school suspended Pi Kappa Alpha
following accusations that the group burned pledges with hot
water and pepper spray during a 'hell night' initiation."
Time
magazine asks:
Is Liberal
Catholicism Dead?
"He may not have been thinking about it at the time, but Pope
Benedict, in the course of his recent U.S. visit may have dealt a
knockout blow to the liberal American Catholicism that has
challenged Rome since the early 1960s. He did so by speaking frankly
and forcefully of his "deep shame" during his meeting with victims
of the Church's sex-abuse scandal. By demonstrating that he 'gets'
this most visceral of issues, the pontiff may have successfully
mollified a good many alienated believers — and in the process,
neutralized the last great rallying point for what was once a feisty
and optimistic style of progressivism."
NOW Comments:
The mass media's distorted portrayal of 'Pope' Ratzinger continues
to fashion him as it did a decade ago, as a great "watchdog of
orthodoxy" and "God's Rottweiler," but as Dr. Marian Horvat very
ably demonstrates, this is
a canine with no teeth, a veritable
lapdog
for the very same corrupt prelates he should be opposing! Yet the
deceptive attempt to convince Catholics and others that a sea change
is taking place that has moved the Barque of Peter in the direction
of Tradition continues, whereas the real change is largely one of
rhetoric and style points—a
great façade,
indeed.
It's only fitting…
Obama's radical 'Catholic' advisory
group
From French Revolution to Vatican II rebellion
Masking
apostasy
(regarding 'moderate' revolutionaries)
“'Left-wing' and 'right-wing' are terms arising from the division of
the French Revolutionaries of 1789 into violent, or only
semi-violent, destroyers of the Old Order, that of throne and –
altar. Now King Louis XVI was guillotined, but the real target was
the altar. Therefore what differentiates left-wingers from
right-wingers is their more or less explicit apostasy."
Victims advocate complains of 'light' sentence
Former 'priest' sentenced for 'gay' child porn
possession
"A former Roman Catholic priest from Roosevelt was sentenced to 3
1/2 years in federal prison Friday for keeping 600 sexual images of
young boys on his rectory computer, officials said."
Sick 'classic' now a staple in Novus Ordo high schools The Catcher in the Rye. 'Catholic' educators
and the death of innocence
"When my oldest son brought this novel home four years ago from his
Catholic high school, I began my own lonely and futile crusade against
it. My polite request that my son be assigned an alternative book was
met with a roar of indignation from the brown-habited religious brother,
principal of the school. In two lengthy phone conversations, he berated
me angrily, utterly outraged that I would question his professional
judgment in assigning such a book to 15 year-old students—a book which,
it has been calculated, has 295 instances of swearing using God’s name,
and 795 other profanities, besides a graphic depiction of a suicide and
numerous descriptions of the main character’s sexual adventures."
From
Christ or Chaos
Motu madness merry-go-round
"Yesterday was Ascension Thursday. Or was it? Well, it was Ascension
Thursday in every chapel served by true bishops and true priests who
make no concessions to conciliarism or to the nonexistent legitimacy of
its false shepherds. It was Ascension Thursday in the chapels
administered by the priests of the Society of Saint Pius X and the
priests, some validly ordained and some not, who run "independent"
chapels without the permission of the conciliar authorities while
"recognizing" the esteemer of false religions as the validly reigning
"pontiff." It was Ascension Thursday even in many dioceses in the
structures of the counterfeit church of conciliarism. However, it was
not Ascension Thursday in all of the dioceses that are in the control
currently of the revolutionaries of the counterfeit church of
conciliarism. Let me explain."
Challenged to do God's will, he overcomes 'huge fear'
Passion of the Christ
star adopts handicapped children
"Actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's blockbuster film
The Passion of the Christ,
and his wife Kerri have adopted two handicapped children suffering from
brain tumors."
A Jewish convert reflects
Present-day Judaism is not Old Testament Judaism
"A Jewish religion minus a priesthood, sanctuary, and sacrifices, such
as existed in Jewry during pre-Christian times, is a religion devoid of
the God-instituted means of atonement for sin.
The Jewish Encyclopedia
says:---'Judaism saw in the sanctuary the manifestation of God's
presence among His people, and the priest the vehicle of Divine grace,
the mediator through whose ministry the sins of the community, as the
individual, could be atoned for.'"
Commits vandalism for 'peace'
Aussie leftist 'priest' in raid on Kiwi spy base
"Australian born Dominican Fr Peter Murnane has been arrested following
a "raid" by peace activists on a New Zealand spy communications base in
which the protesters used sickles to deflate a 30 meter rubber balloon
protecting radar aerials."
AUDIO/TEXT
Isabel of Spain: Worthy of canonization, Carroll says
“She is Spain’s national heroine. She sent Christopher Columbus on his
epochal voyage of discovery across the Atlantic Ocean, where he found
America and thereby changed history. The Pope gave her the title
la Catolica,
which means ‘the Catholic.’ All her life she was a woman of profound
humility and prayer…”
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inal Virgilio Noe [pronounced "No-eh"], the chief Vatican liturgist
during the pontificate of Paul VI, spoke candidly about the late Pope's
concerns in an interview with the Roman Petrus web site. The Italian
prelate-- who was also the Vatican's top liturgist under Pope John Paul
I and the early years of the pontificate of John Paul II-- is now
retired, and at the age of 86 his health is failing. In his interview
with Petrus he concentrated primarily on his years serving Pope Paul VI.
THE
CHURCH & SALVATION by Msgr. Fenton is a classic work on the subject
of Baptism and Salvation. First commenting, then analyzing the concept
of salvation, and shows the doctrine of salvation is determined by and
depends upon, the very nature of the Church. "In his encyclical Humani
Generis Pope Pius XII referred to a statement by his great predecessor,
Pope Pius IX, to the effect that the noblest function of sacred theology
is that of showing how the doctrine defined by the Church is found in
the sources of revelation--that is, in Sacred Scripture and in divine
apostolic tradition--in the very sense in which the Church proposed it
This book is the result of a laborious and humble effort to do this with
reference to what the ecclesiastical teaching authority has taught and
defended about the necessity of the Church for the attainment of eternal
salvation." from the introduction. A must! Hardback. $21.95
No,
explain it to the unborn!
Ferociously pro-abortion
Rotten
fruits of Vatican II
ominant, who are likely to meet with fairly
frequent cases of possession.
Sounds like Hillary's speechwriter
