The Orthodox don’t take Francis seriously — at all. They’re just keeping up appearances for the cameras while they patiently wait to see what the next conclave delivers. I can’t tell you how many Orthodox laypeople (and one priest) have given me their condolences, and told me their heart aches for us, because of Francis.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-healing-rift-catholic-orthodox-churches
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-healing-rift-catholic-orthodox-churches
Fox News
Pope Francis speaks out on healing the rift between the Catholic and Orthodox churches
Pope Francis lamented centuries of hostility and prejudice that have divided Catholics and Orthodox as he met Friday with the leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Church and pointed to works of charity as a means to help heal the rift between the Catholic West…
Some Catholics are really uptight about Lefebvre and the SSPX. As a convert to the Catholic Church, I am not. I do not see him as a Saint (yet), but I don’t see him as a rebel or schismatic either. Instead, I see a faithful prelate who was checkmated by some unscrupulous men within the Vatican, whose reputation needs to be cleared, and his eventual canonization (perhaps decades to centuries from now) will pave the way…
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/bombshell-as-a-cardinal-pope-benedict-reportedly-called-marcel-lefebvre-the-most-important-bishop-of-the-20th-century/
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/bombshell-as-a-cardinal-pope-benedict-reportedly-called-marcel-lefebvre-the-most-important-bishop-of-the-20th-century/
LifeSite
As a cardinal, Pope Benedict reportedly called Marcel Lefebvre ‘the most important bishop of the 20th century’
LifeSiteNews was able to obtain a written recollection of these words by the German cardinal from one of the two priests present at that meeting in the Palazzo di San Uffizio.
POPE BENEDICT XVI HAS BEEN VACCINATED. I want to make this crystal clear. It is not the fault of vaccine recipients that a particular vaccine was made from, or tested on, fetal stem cells. That was not the choice of the one receiving the vaccine. Nor does the one being vaccinated consent to that. That is solely the fault and culpability of Big Pharma. Any attempt to blame the vaccinated, for the sins of Big Pharma, is unjust and un-Catholic. Shame on any Catholic who does that. I don't care if said Catholic is a priest, bishop, archbishop or cardinal. Shame on anyone who blames the innocent alongside the guilty.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/archbishop-gaenswein-benedict-xvi-had-3-covid-19-vaccine-doses-out-of-conviction
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/archbishop-gaenswein-benedict-xvi-had-3-covid-19-vaccine-doses-out-of-conviction
NCR
Archbishop Gänswein: Benedict XVI Had 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses ‘Out of Conviction’
“One must not force anyone to vaccinate, that is quite clear. But one should appeal to the conscience,” Archbishop Gänswein commented.
THE GREAT RESIST
- Drive your car. ✔️
- Eat meat. ✔️
- Live in a house. ✔️
- Marry and have children. ✔️
- Love God. ✔️
- Love your country. ✔️
- Love thy neighbor. ✔️
- Own your things. ✔️
- Be free. ✔️
- And be happy. ✔️
Check to all. Hmm. I guess I’m part of the Great Resistance and I’m officially a “resister.”
- Drive your car. ✔️
- Eat meat. ✔️
- Live in a house. ✔️
- Marry and have children. ✔️
- Love God. ✔️
- Love your country. ✔️
- Love thy neighbor. ✔️
- Own your things. ✔️
- Be free. ✔️
- And be happy. ✔️
Check to all. Hmm. I guess I’m part of the Great Resistance and I’m officially a “resister.”
Don’t get caught in the Rapture Trap. It’s a false doctrine, it encourages escapism, cause anxiety and it neutralizes your witness for Christ.
https://completechristianity.blog/2021/11/26/why-i-dont-believe-in-the-rapture/
https://completechristianity.blog/2021/11/26/why-i-dont-believe-in-the-rapture/
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The SSPX is Catholic. It is fully Catholic. It is Catholic in every way, 100%, with no exceptions. It is Catholic in the way Catholicism looked before 1970. It is Catholic, frozen in time, just as it was in 1969. This would include their love, prayers and yes, even obedience to the pope.
The problem here is that in following Catholic teaching, prior to 1970 (and technically still true today), Catholics are not obliged to follow any order from the Vatican, or even the pope, if that order is immoral. The SSPX argues that the 1970 Missal is not Catholic, therefore it’s immoral to impose this liturgy upon Catholics, without giving them the 1962 Missal option. Furthermore, the SSPX holds that many of the post conciliar teachings of Vatican II are not Catholic either, especially as presented through many local bishops and priests. Therefore the implementation of these teachings are immoral to impose on Catholics as well, so they need not be followed, according to Church teaching.
Think of the SSPX as a resistance movement within the Church, not outside of it. Though many Liberals and Modernists within the Church would like to think of the SSPX as schismatic — like the Eastern Orthodox — even the very Liberal Pope Francis has said they are not.
In the past, I have advised people to avoid the SSPX because Summorum Pontificum in 2007 liberalized usage of the Latin Mass. Now that that has been nullified by Traditionis Custodes, I can no longer direct people away from the SSPX. I will not promote the SSPX, but I will not discourage it either. I will regard attending an SSPX chapel as just something that some Catholics do.
The problem here is that in following Catholic teaching, prior to 1970 (and technically still true today), Catholics are not obliged to follow any order from the Vatican, or even the pope, if that order is immoral. The SSPX argues that the 1970 Missal is not Catholic, therefore it’s immoral to impose this liturgy upon Catholics, without giving them the 1962 Missal option. Furthermore, the SSPX holds that many of the post conciliar teachings of Vatican II are not Catholic either, especially as presented through many local bishops and priests. Therefore the implementation of these teachings are immoral to impose on Catholics as well, so they need not be followed, according to Church teaching.
Think of the SSPX as a resistance movement within the Church, not outside of it. Though many Liberals and Modernists within the Church would like to think of the SSPX as schismatic — like the Eastern Orthodox — even the very Liberal Pope Francis has said they are not.
In the past, I have advised people to avoid the SSPX because Summorum Pontificum in 2007 liberalized usage of the Latin Mass. Now that that has been nullified by Traditionis Custodes, I can no longer direct people away from the SSPX. I will not promote the SSPX, but I will not discourage it either. I will regard attending an SSPX chapel as just something that some Catholics do.
Continue to pray for the pope. He has many problems, and struggles with his job, but at the same time he is occasionally so right, and so dead-on-target, that he shocks the world. This is one such case. The political Left is steadily moving toward tyranny (on par with Communism and Nazism) and they don’t even see it. Most Leftists are blind to self-examination and reject all criticism, even if it’s obviously true.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10283279/Pope-compares-EU-Nazi-dictatorship-attempts-impose-language-rules-ban-Christmas.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10283279/Pope-compares-EU-Nazi-dictatorship-attempts-impose-language-rules-ban-Christmas.html
Mail Online
Pope compares EU to a 'Nazi dictatorship' for trying to ban Christmas
The pope, 84, warned the bloc not to 'take the path of ideological colonisation' as he returned from Greece after a four-day trip (pictured on the papal plane).
The news is highly speculative, so reader be warned, but we would be negligent to ignore it.
http://libertyjournal.org/2021/12/07/is-the-pope-dying-2022-conclave/
http://libertyjournal.org/2021/12/07/is-the-pope-dying-2022-conclave/
Liberty Journal
Is the Pope Dying? 2022 Conclave?
A Vatican source tells Newsmax's John Gizzi that "Pope Francis is dying,"
BREAKING: A Vatican source tells Newsmax's John Gizzi that "Pope Francis i
BREAKING: A Vatican source tells Newsmax's John Gizzi that "Pope Francis i
The only American political party most aligned with Catholic teaching is the American Solidarity Party. If you choose to vote at all, vote local and focus primarily on state politics. Put the federal government LAST on your priority list, as it is the most corrupt and least salvageable. If you need a guiding political ideology that is consistent with Catholic teaching, consider the American Solidarity Party. I put my money where his mouth is, and i am a contributing member to the American Solidarity Party.
https://www.solidarity-party.org/
https://www.solidarity-party.org/
American Solidarity Party
The American Solidarity Party is a Christian democratic party promoting human life, social justice, environmental conservation, and international peace.
Do you want to be a rebel? Do you want to challenge the system? Here’s how…
1.) Join a good, traditional church.
2.) Get married and stay married.
3.) Have kids — as many as you can handle.
Do these things, and you’re not OFFICIALLY a rebel and part of the counter-culture…
https://www.dailywire.com/news/only-18-of-american-households-are-families-with-married-parents
1.) Join a good, traditional church.
2.) Get married and stay married.
3.) Have kids — as many as you can handle.
Do these things, and you’re not OFFICIALLY a rebel and part of the counter-culture…
https://www.dailywire.com/news/only-18-of-american-households-are-families-with-married-parents
The Daily Wire
Only 18% Of American Households Are Families With Married Parents
Children need a mother and a father — a context that more American youth than ever are lacking.
Christians who attack Christmas/Easter, while promoting the Jewish holy days are sorely mistaken and are suffering from a terrible identity crisis, that results from a very superficial understanding of the New Testament.
Christianity is a Jewish Faith, but it is NOT Judaism. Jews founded Christianity. Jews still convert to Christianity. Many Christians have Jewish heritage. Many customs within Christianity come from Jewish traditions and culture. Still, Christianity is NOT Judaism. That’s why Christians celebrate Christmas instead of Hanukkah, and Easter instead of Passover. That’s also why Christians worship on Sunday instead of Saturday.
I can explain all this in one passage of Scripture and one word….
The Scripture passage is ACTS 15.
The word is INCULTURATION.
Have a Holy Advent 🕯
and a Merry Christmas. 🎄
Christianity is a Jewish Faith, but it is NOT Judaism. Jews founded Christianity. Jews still convert to Christianity. Many Christians have Jewish heritage. Many customs within Christianity come from Jewish traditions and culture. Still, Christianity is NOT Judaism. That’s why Christians celebrate Christmas instead of Hanukkah, and Easter instead of Passover. That’s also why Christians worship on Sunday instead of Saturday.
I can explain all this in one passage of Scripture and one word….
The Scripture passage is ACTS 15.
The word is INCULTURATION.
Have a Holy Advent 🕯
and a Merry Christmas. 🎄
The Knights of Columbus was formed as a Catholic men's fraternal organization, in response to extreme anti-Catholic bigotry in the United States. In the late 1800s to early 1900s, Catholic men were frequently forced to work dangerous jobs, under poor working conditions, so the husbands would die at a young age, and the widow would be forced to surrender her children to Protestant families if she could not afford to take care of them (which was most of the time), thus ending their Catholic formation in their original home. The hope, or intention, was to wipe out Catholic religion in the United States, or at least stunt its growth as much as possible. It was an informal type of religious genocide. Under these conditions, the Knights of Columbus was formed to bind Catholic men together for the purpose of caring for the widows and their children when one of these knights would die. By binding Catholic men together in this way, Catholic men were able to rise above the dire conditions they once lived in within the United States.
Today, the Knights of Columbus is the largest men's charitable organization in the world. It is often called the "Strong Arm of the Church." The Knights of Columbus have also become a strong political lobbying group in Washington DC, as well as many state capitals. It has been a powerful force in the Pro-Life Movement, and if you like saying "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, you can thank the Knights of Columbus. They were responsible for adding it to the Pledge.
https://youtu.be/D6Pk3mt-B3E
Today, the Knights of Columbus is the largest men's charitable organization in the world. It is often called the "Strong Arm of the Church." The Knights of Columbus have also become a strong political lobbying group in Washington DC, as well as many state capitals. It has been a powerful force in the Pro-Life Movement, and if you like saying "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, you can thank the Knights of Columbus. They were responsible for adding it to the Pledge.
https://youtu.be/D6Pk3mt-B3E
YouTube
The Strong Arm of the Church: The Knights of Columbus
Started by a humble parish priest the Knights of Columbus have grown into the world’s largest lay Catholic organization with over 1.8 million members. A household name for many, there’s still a lot of mystery that surrounds these noble men. In this episode…
You really might want to read this. Sexual abuse is just as high in Protestant churches, and the American press has known all along…
https://completechristianity.blog/2021/12/12/is-sexual-abuse-strictly-a-catholic-problem/
https://completechristianity.blog/2021/12/12/is-sexual-abuse-strictly-a-catholic-problem/
In watching Protestants argue against Catholics, and each other, I am reminded why I became Catholic over 20 years ago. We Christians need an authority structure to maintain some minimal sense of order within our ranks. It need not be a perfect authority structure, or even a particularly holy one, but it needs to exist nonetheless. Christians left to their own private interpretation of the Bible = CHAOS.
The web of sexual abuse, including both pederasty and pedophilia, is vast and tangled in both the entertainment industry and news media. It spans out into our public schools, churches and the highest echelons of government. This is not some ridiculous Q-Anon conspiracy theory. This is just well known fact that is easily verifiable, and his been so for a very long time.
https://theepochtimes.com/cnn-fires-senior-producer-charged-with-alleging-luring-minors-for-sex_4157041.html
https://theepochtimes.com/cnn-fires-senior-producer-charged-with-alleging-luring-minors-for-sex_4157041.html
The Epoch Times
CNN Fires Senior Producer Charged With Luring Minors for Sex
CNN confirmed it has fired John Griffin, a long-time staffer producer who was indicted last week under the charges ...
I am now 100% convinced that Pope Francis, and the Modernists now controlling the Vatican, are actively trying, wanting and hoping to create a schism in the Catholic Church, forcing the Traditional Catholics to break with Rome. It is their desire. It is what they want. Their actions have convinced me of it. The SSPX will soon rise to the occasion, I’m sure. Within two or three years, we will likely have TWO churches claiming to be Catholic in the West. This will be on par with the Eastern Orthodox schism, and will likely NEVER be repaired. As a convert to the Catholic Church, through Anglicanism and the Ordinariates, I am deeply saddened by this. My heart goes out to our Traditional Catholic brethren…
https://www.ncregister.com/news/traditional-catholics-sound-alarm-as-rome-suppresses-most-old-rite-sacraments
https://www.ncregister.com/news/traditional-catholics-sound-alarm-as-rome-suppresses-most-old-rite-sacraments
NCR
Traditional Catholics Sound Alarm As Rome Suppresses Most Old Rite Sacraments
They contend the Oct. 7 pastoral instruction forbidding six of the seven sacraments celebrated according to the extraordinary form is a violation of canon law and will cause spiritual harm.