We at the EF would like to thank Pope Francis for his courageous choice to offend the Turks (i.e., the wicked Mohammedan occupants of Asia Minor) by declaring their genocide of the Armenians a century ago, "the first genocide of the twentieth century," which it was. Thereby, the Roman Pontiff has done his duty to call a spade a spade and to acknowledge the blood of the martyrs which continues to water the garden of holy Church.
We should also draw attention to the Vatican's choice to reject (or at least its reticence to accept) an openly gay ambassador from France. Serves the dirty French revolutionaries right.
It is our hope that these pronounced disavowals of the world will serve the Pontiff well as he endures yet another Synod in Rome this autumn, a mess, granted, which is of his own making. Now that he has made that bed, he must lie in it, as the saying goes. Perhaps there's hope yet for a firm and unambiguous affirmation of the immutable doctrine of the Church? Pray and fast for him.
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Sure you will be so happy too about SSPX in Argentina too - meanwhile could all this rush of "good" news be to cover up NOTHING being done about the pedophile bishop in Chile? A bunch of McCarrick homosexuals have been made bishops in the U.S. too -- and NOTHING's been done about your 'monastery' in Minnesota either. What about DANNEELS advocating for Abortion legalization in Belgium? What about the muslim genocide of Christans? Frances surely did nothing about Hollande's foisting gay adoption and marriage on France -- but now suddenly to quash the Chile and Netherlands story about his friends and his washing the feet of a transsexual (also meeting one in the Vatican) suddenly he has not "sat" an open homosexual from France (maybe Elton John will call a boycott (ha ha ha ha ha ha).
I watched this Mass on the internet, and was surprised that it was billed as an Armenian Rite liturgy, but it looked just like the same old Novus ordo Mass to me,
It was brave of Francis to call the Armenian genocide exactly what it was, regardless of Muslim sensibilities. Good for him. AlsoTO REJECT THE GAY French ambassador.
It is only right and proper to memoralize Christians martyred for Jesus Christ and the Church.....that is especially if they are Roman Catholics, and also the Orthodox of all branches........but it is wrong to lump protestant and evangelicals in the same category. They profess a false and contrived version of the Christian faith. They go into countries, some aready faithfully Christian(usually Catholic), and insult the local people and their religious traditions as they try to win converts to their own perverted version of Christianity. It is unfortunate if any of them are killed, but they did not really die for the teachings of Jesus Christ or for the True Church.
Sad times when we have to "thank" the Pope--the Vicar of Christ-- for acting like a catholic. On the upside, it's better than petitioning him to act catholic.
Francis didn't look good at all on Sunday at this Mass, and wfen he got out of his thone to embrace the Armenian Patriarch, he looked and walked as if he were very feeble.
It seems to me that at times we seem to revel in anything that resembles Catholic speak and/or action from our Holy Father amidst all the absurdity and outright dissent that has gone on in the past 2 years. Shows how desperate the situation is.
From time to time, he does or says the right thing. It does not make up for the constant attacks against the Faith and God's law.
Thank you for posting this, Mr. Hanlon.
May the good acts continue. Let us keep on praying for the Pope, his intentions, and the Holy Spirit's continued guidance.
it was kind of strange, the announcer or whatever on ewtn made sure to clarify that it was a roman rite mass but with armenian style chant
Indeed anonymous - such is the crass ignorance of liberal modernist neo-catholics and their crony media.
Right thing perhaps but the wrong context for sure.
I would just like to reiterate for my readers that, yes, we acknowledge that the current situation is grave, but there is always hope. Pray and fast, and keep in mind the example of St. Catherine of Sienna who remained loyal to the Pope despite his stupidities, ineptitude, and scandals.
Mr. Hanlon, with all due respect, I would take all of Gregory's "stupidities, ineptitude, and scandals" multiplied a thousand fold over francis' daily apostasies and denials of the Deposit of Faith. Comparing the two is to compare apples to Oldsmobiles....they are not just of a different degree; they are of a different kind altogether.
This puts it a little more into perspective....
https://mundabor.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/sspx-curb-your-enthusiasm/
oooops....terribly sorry with the sspx reference in the link; I got mixed up with a prior story. But my point remains the same. Fancis' distribution of a few spiritual crumbs now and then to the Faithful, whilst spewing metric tons of heterodoxy on a near-daily basis as his MO, has no really comparable antecedent in papal history. He is a new and dangerous species unto himself.
Nobody is suggesting these few positive gestures compensate for so many huge problems, but still, one should give honor where honor is due. And the Holy Father has done a very good thing here.
Susan, sure, but that doesn't make the good he does any less good. We should praise the good when it occurs without burying our heads about the evils.
Absolute agreement. And thanks for your good work.
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