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Thursday, January 6, 2011
King of Rome and Jerusalem Bears Gifts to Poor Children
Feliz Dia De Los Reyes: Happy Feast of the Kings
Update: Check out a video in English, here.
Editor: Happy to be a Catholic on the Feast of Kings, the Epiphany, celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord in a Spanish way.
H/t: Moises
Editor: Happy to be a Catholic on the Feast of Kings, the Epiphany, celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord in a Spanish way.
H/t: Moises
Father Reese SJ wants More Lay Involvement in Church
Editor: Better be careful Father Reese. You guys engage in a lot of special pleading here. We thought Jesuits were supposed to be logical. These radicals are all about "lay leadership" until the laity starts asking for more authoritative statements against homosexuals in the priesthood and the occasional Latin Mass to be said. One thing you can say about NCR and Jesuits in general is that they are respecters of persons, even if they have no respect for the truth. Father Reese should join the Episcopagans, we understand that they have lots of openings. It is indeed comical how leftist clergy becomes the caricature of the shrill old-school Msgr when the laity acts like Catholics.
Read further at NCR...
Panelists at a recent Woodstock forum in Philadelphia urged lay Catholics to grab the reins and set the course for the church’s future.
“We are becoming a do-it-yourself church” for the laity, said Jesuit Fr. Thomas J. Reese, one of three senior fellows of the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington who spoke at “The Future of the Church: A Woodstock Forum on Sources of Hope,” held at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia Dec. 5.
The U.S. Catholic hierarchy today is fearful and defensive, a far cry from the collaborative, pastorally transformed hierarchy that emerged during and after the Second Vatican Council, said Dolores R. Leckey, former longtime head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Laity, Family, Women and Youth, and a noted writer on spirituality.
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New Prefect of the Congregation for Consecrated Life: Old Liberal
Editor: expect that the Visitation of Women Religious ongoing in the United States to be toothless, unless there is an intervention by Pope Benedict forcing his man's hand.
The Church in Brazil is on its last legs. Actually, now a Brazilian bankruptcy is on the way that will also drive Rome into bankruptcy.
(kreuz.net) Pope Benedict XVI. has named a new Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz (63) of Brasilia to be the new Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. This was on the Vatican Press site.
At the same time, the Pope accepted the resignation of the current Prefect, the Slovenian Franc Cardinal Rode (76), who had already reported to the Italian media the intended change at the beginning of the Dicastry.
The new Curial Bishop is himself not a religious. He was in ordained in 1972 in November for the Diocese of Apucarana in south east Brazil.
More Diocese Driven into the Abyss
Msgr Aviz saw the light of the world in the southern Brazilian town of Mafra. He studied Old Liberal Theology in Brazil and Rome.
On 6. April 1994 John Paul II named him as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Vitoria.
Four years later he was asked by the Pope to become Bishop of Ponta Grossa.
In July 2002 he was named by John Paul II as Bishop of Maringa and at the end of January became the Archbishop of Brasilia.
In the last year the Old Liberal Archbishop organized the 'Eucharistic Congress' in Brazil.
Enemy of the Old Mass
The newly named is a declared enemy of the Immemorial Mass of All Ages. He has never supported its celebration in his Archdiocese.
The Traditionalists will be immediately persecuted under his regime.
The present Traditional Mass in Brasilia is celebrated with much resistance by the Archdiocese.
The emeritus auxiliary Bishop of Brasilia, Msgr João Evangelista Martins Terra SJ (85) has put his private chapel as the disposal of the Traditionalists.
Mons. Bráz de Aviz is also close to the Sillonist, Neocatechumenate organization.
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The Church in Brazil is on its last legs. Actually, now a Brazilian bankruptcy is on the way that will also drive Rome into bankruptcy.
(kreuz.net) Pope Benedict XVI. has named a new Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz (63) of Brasilia to be the new Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. This was on the Vatican Press site.
At the same time, the Pope accepted the resignation of the current Prefect, the Slovenian Franc Cardinal Rode (76), who had already reported to the Italian media the intended change at the beginning of the Dicastry.
The new Curial Bishop is himself not a religious. He was in ordained in 1972 in November for the Diocese of Apucarana in south east Brazil.
More Diocese Driven into the Abyss
Msgr Aviz saw the light of the world in the southern Brazilian town of Mafra. He studied Old Liberal Theology in Brazil and Rome.
On 6. April 1994 John Paul II named him as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Vitoria.
Four years later he was asked by the Pope to become Bishop of Ponta Grossa.
In July 2002 he was named by John Paul II as Bishop of Maringa and at the end of January became the Archbishop of Brasilia.
In the last year the Old Liberal Archbishop organized the 'Eucharistic Congress' in Brazil.
Enemy of the Old Mass
The newly named is a declared enemy of the Immemorial Mass of All Ages. He has never supported its celebration in his Archdiocese.
The Traditionalists will be immediately persecuted under his regime.
The present Traditional Mass in Brasilia is celebrated with much resistance by the Archdiocese.
The emeritus auxiliary Bishop of Brasilia, Msgr João Evangelista Martins Terra SJ (85) has put his private chapel as the disposal of the Traditionalists.
Mons. Bráz de Aviz is also close to the Sillonist, Neocatechumenate organization.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Cardinal Enters With Clown On
He found the right words for the kids: "It's like we're dead, tired, lame ducks, when we don't have the Holy Spirit".
(kreuz.net) Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne preached with a clown puppet in his right hand.
The reason for this was the opening of the 52nd Star Singer Event. In the Cathedral of Cologne there were 3000 Star Singers from the whole Archdiocese of Cologne.
The Cardinal arrived around 11.00 for the excited children.
For the address he used a clown puppet.
He showed the children first how the puppet is sleepy and powerless "She's really down, but there's no life in her. "
Then the Cardinal shoved his hand in the puppet in order to get her to stand up.
With that he explained: "We are dead, tired, lame ducks, if we don't have the Holy Ghost."
The motto for this year's event was "Children Show Strength".
"I wish you to have steady footing, strong legs in this cold and ice," said the Archbishop: "stand up and bring people the blessing."
In the next days Star Singer will collect for children in need in their 546 communities.
In the last year in the Archdiocese of Cologne 2,58 Million Euro was collected all-together.
Throughout Germany about a half-million children participate in this event.
Saffron terror leader to be booked for Samjhauta blast
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency probing the blast on Samjhauta Express in February 2007 looks set to book militant Hindutva leader Aseemanand. It has identified Aseemanand as the key plotter of the attack that killed 68 people, majority of them Pakistani citizens returning home after visiting their kin in India.
Sources in the agency, which was brought in after investigations by Haryana Police reached a dead-end, told TOI that Aseemanand planned the blast to avenge the series of terror attacks by Islamist terror groups.
"The role of Hindu extremists behind the blast has become clear. The probe agency found that Aseemanand was one of the plotters. The group had done it under their 'Bomb-for-Bomb' plan which was hatched in the Dangs district of Gujarat," said sources in the NIA.
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Sources in the agency, which was brought in after investigations by Haryana Police reached a dead-end, told TOI that Aseemanand planned the blast to avenge the series of terror attacks by Islamist terror groups.
"The role of Hindu extremists behind the blast has become clear. The probe agency found that Aseemanand was one of the plotters. The group had done it under their 'Bomb-for-Bomb' plan which was hatched in the Dangs district of Gujarat," said sources in the NIA.
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Alex Jones a False Flag?
Link to Ignis Ardens where the suggestion was made by a poster citing a French source, here.
Pope John Paul II Closer to Sainthood, Though Sex Abuse Critics Disagree
Vatican experts have attributed a miraculous healing to the intercession of the late Pope John Paul II, a ruling that appears to push the beloved Polish pontiff a crucial step closer to sainthood even as criticisms of his lengthy reign have mounted since his death in 2005.
A leading Vatican-watcher, Andrea Tornielli of the Italian daily Il Giornale, reported this week that medical and theological experts with the Vatican congregation charged with overseeing the canonization process have affirmed that a French nun was cured of Parkinson's disease -- an affliction similar to the one that claimed John Paul's life -- and there was no medical explanation.
The experts at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints determined that the cure was a miracle and resulted from the nun's prayers for the intercession of John Paul. Cardinals and bishops on the committee are to meet in mid-January to vote on the report from the experts before sending it to Pope Benedict XVI for final approval, and no delay is expected. Church policy decrees that two verified miracles are required before someone's sainthood is formally confirmed.
A leading Vatican-watcher, Andrea Tornielli of the Italian daily Il Giornale, reported this week that medical and theological experts with the Vatican congregation charged with overseeing the canonization process have affirmed that a French nun was cured of Parkinson's disease -- an affliction similar to the one that claimed John Paul's life -- and there was no medical explanation.
The experts at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints determined that the cure was a miracle and resulted from the nun's prayers for the intercession of John Paul. Cardinals and bishops on the committee are to meet in mid-January to vote on the report from the experts before sending it to Pope Benedict XVI for final approval, and no delay is expected. Church policy decrees that two verified miracles are required before someone's sainthood is formally confirmed.
Consecration for Liberal Bishop of Basel Will be Possibly Postponed
Editor: some may recall the Bishop designate's controversial ideas. Too bad it won't be an indefinite postponement. Not only is there a disaster in his coming, but he's a disaster too, read here.
On the Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn, where Felix Gmür is to be consecrated Bishop, has been the subject of an arson attack.
Basel (kath.net/KAP) The consecration of the new Basel Diocesan Bishop Felix Gmür may have to be postponed. The reason for this is arson on the baroque St. Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn, the seat of the Bishops of Basel.
A 61 year old "Church hater" Andreas Z had put two gasoline cans near the high altar, poured them out and ignited them. The fire department brought the fire quickly under control, in any case there is substantial damage. Carbon will be a great part of the interiors damage.
Cathedral Rector Paul Rutz appeared very affected by the attack for his interview with the online edition of the Swiss daily "Blick", above all, because in eleven days the Episcopal Consecration is to take place. "It looks bad", says Rutz.
The problem is not only the carbon particles all over the Cathedral, rather the film of oil, which must have settled over everything, said Rutz: "What is not clear: the organ is not going to be playable for the 16th of January." That is in any case not necessary for the Episcopal Consecration. "If they decide in any case on Solothun, they can order a mobile organ," said the Cathedral Rector.
In case the Episcopal Ordination is not to take place in Solothurn, the Cathedral will have to be closed to the public for some time. One would in this case want to do a complete cleaning and not only the traces of the arson attack, said Rutz. The damages run from about 600.000 Franks (480.000 Euro).
Currently there is still an investigation in progress, which involve the possibility of using other churches for the Episcopal Consecration, says Rutz: "They must be big enough, have enough parking preparted, the infrastructure must be convenient as well." The decision where the Consecration will take place will be made by Thursday.
Gmür steps in to replace his successor Cardinal Kurt Koch, who has been since July an "Ecumenical Minister" in the Vatican.
Read further, here...in German orginal...
On the Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn, where Felix Gmür is to be consecrated Bishop, has been the subject of an arson attack.
Basel (kath.net/KAP) The consecration of the new Basel Diocesan Bishop Felix Gmür may have to be postponed. The reason for this is arson on the baroque St. Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn, the seat of the Bishops of Basel.
A 61 year old "Church hater" Andreas Z had put two gasoline cans near the high altar, poured them out and ignited them. The fire department brought the fire quickly under control, in any case there is substantial damage. Carbon will be a great part of the interiors damage.
Cathedral Rector Paul Rutz appeared very affected by the attack for his interview with the online edition of the Swiss daily "Blick", above all, because in eleven days the Episcopal Consecration is to take place. "It looks bad", says Rutz.
The problem is not only the carbon particles all over the Cathedral, rather the film of oil, which must have settled over everything, said Rutz: "What is not clear: the organ is not going to be playable for the 16th of January." That is in any case not necessary for the Episcopal Consecration. "If they decide in any case on Solothun, they can order a mobile organ," said the Cathedral Rector.
In case the Episcopal Ordination is not to take place in Solothurn, the Cathedral will have to be closed to the public for some time. One would in this case want to do a complete cleaning and not only the traces of the arson attack, said Rutz. The damages run from about 600.000 Franks (480.000 Euro).
Currently there is still an investigation in progress, which involve the possibility of using other churches for the Episcopal Consecration, says Rutz: "They must be big enough, have enough parking preparted, the infrastructure must be convenient as well." The decision where the Consecration will take place will be made by Thursday.
Gmür steps in to replace his successor Cardinal Kurt Koch, who has been since July an "Ecumenical Minister" in the Vatican.
Read further, here...in German orginal...
Latin Catholic Church Closes Syrian Church's Opens
After serving parishioners for more than 120 years, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Bayonne held its final Mass on Dec. 26.
The church, located at 317 Avenue E, will now serve the Syriac Catholic Church community.
The Syriac Catholic Church uses the West Syrian liturgical Rite as opposed to the Roman liturgical Rite.
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H/t: Tom at AQ
The church, located at 317 Avenue E, will now serve the Syriac Catholic Church community.
The Syriac Catholic Church uses the West Syrian liturgical Rite as opposed to the Roman liturgical Rite.
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H/t: Tom at AQ
Catholic Property Sold for 10 Million: These Are The Fruits of Liberalism
[Burlington Free Press] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has completed the sale of its headquarters at 351 North Ave. to Burlington College for $10 million to help pay for the recent settlement in about two dozen sexual abuse lawsuits involving priests in Vermont.
The diocese and the college finished signing the final paperwork late Friday, according to a statement from the Most Rev. Salvatore R. Matano, bishop of the statewide diocese.
With the sale of the central administration building, the diocesan offices will move into leased space at 55 Joy Drive in South Burlington at the end of May. The property is owned by Pizzagalli Properties and has been offered “at a very reasonable rate,” Matano said in a two-page statement. The property abuts Rice Memorial High School, one of two Catholic high schools left in Vermont.
Rad further, here.
The diocese and the college finished signing the final paperwork late Friday, according to a statement from the Most Rev. Salvatore R. Matano, bishop of the statewide diocese.
With the sale of the central administration building, the diocesan offices will move into leased space at 55 Joy Drive in South Burlington at the end of May. The property is owned by Pizzagalli Properties and has been offered “at a very reasonable rate,” Matano said in a two-page statement. The property abuts Rice Memorial High School, one of two Catholic high schools left in Vermont.
Rad further, here.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Indonesia Fears an Increasing Number of Religious Conflicts in 2011
National Police Chief foresees need to take stringent measures and precautions.
Jakarta (www.kath.net/ KAP) Indonesia's Police fear that the new year will bring an increase in religious tensions. For that reason the handling of such conclicts will have the "highest priority", said the national Police Chief Timur Pradopo to the daily "Jakarta Post" (Thursday edition). The General stressed that the police that the police will focus on prevention and proceed against crimes in connection with religious conflicts. "The people must pray. If there isn't a place where they can do that then the authorities should find them a place where they can conduct their services in peace," said Pradopo.
In Indonesia the number of attacks by radical Muslims against Christians as well as "heretics" belonging to the Islamic sect "Ahmadiyah" have increased. The police coming under increasing criticism; they are thought to be inactive in so far as their sympathy for radical Muslims is concerned.
Critics fear that the new line of the police will come to late: it will be hard for them to alter their customary practices, said the rector of the Islamic University in Jakarta, Komaruddin Hidayat, for the "Jakarta Post". "The Police represent the State and Law. For them there should be no minority or majority", said the Rektor. in any even they have long awakened the impression, to stand on the side of the majority. -- More than 80 percent of the more than 240 million Indonesians are Muslims.
In the meantime five trials have begun this week against 13 militant Muslims. The men are accused of a terror act A committed on a pastor and a community member of a protestant Church. Among the accused is also the director of the Bekasi- Area Group of the Islamic Defense Front FPI. The powerful FPI enjoys according to Indonesia Human Rights organizations, political backing in parts of the army, police and politicians.
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Jakarta (www.kath.net/ KAP) Indonesia's Police fear that the new year will bring an increase in religious tensions. For that reason the handling of such conclicts will have the "highest priority", said the national Police Chief Timur Pradopo to the daily "Jakarta Post" (Thursday edition). The General stressed that the police that the police will focus on prevention and proceed against crimes in connection with religious conflicts. "The people must pray. If there isn't a place where they can do that then the authorities should find them a place where they can conduct their services in peace," said Pradopo.
In Indonesia the number of attacks by radical Muslims against Christians as well as "heretics" belonging to the Islamic sect "Ahmadiyah" have increased. The police coming under increasing criticism; they are thought to be inactive in so far as their sympathy for radical Muslims is concerned.
Critics fear that the new line of the police will come to late: it will be hard for them to alter their customary practices, said the rector of the Islamic University in Jakarta, Komaruddin Hidayat, for the "Jakarta Post". "The Police represent the State and Law. For them there should be no minority or majority", said the Rektor. in any even they have long awakened the impression, to stand on the side of the majority. -- More than 80 percent of the more than 240 million Indonesians are Muslims.
In the meantime five trials have begun this week against 13 militant Muslims. The men are accused of a terror act A committed on a pastor and a community member of a protestant Church. Among the accused is also the director of the Bekasi- Area Group of the Islamic Defense Front FPI. The powerful FPI enjoys according to Indonesia Human Rights organizations, political backing in parts of the army, police and politicians.
Link to original, kath.net...
79 African Nations Resist EU-Homosexual Pressure
Brüssel (kath.net) The 79 Nation group of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States AKP-States sent a letter to the European Parliament which has indicated that they would be forced not to renew their economic agreements on the point of "sexual orientation". It concerns a contract for economic development assistance, in which there is a clause regarding "non-discrimination" as a condition respecting of sexual origination. The AKP-States successfully resisted the inclusion of the clause.
The AKP- States request the EU in this letter, "it is urgent that, above all to attempt to keep distance, in those things which we will not freely participate." These economically developing nations further inform that "the partnership can only work and fully function, if both partners take the necessary respect for social differences and cultural diversity".
The European Parliament in turn had generated a resolution in December in which it reminded Africa that "the EU is responsible for more than half the development assistance and Africa's most important business partner." Later the resolution makes the admonishment that free sexual orientation is an important category of no-discrimination.
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The AKP- States request the EU in this letter, "it is urgent that, above all to attempt to keep distance, in those things which we will not freely participate." These economically developing nations further inform that "the partnership can only work and fully function, if both partners take the necessary respect for social differences and cultural diversity".
The European Parliament in turn had generated a resolution in December in which it reminded Africa that "the EU is responsible for more than half the development assistance and Africa's most important business partner." Later the resolution makes the admonishment that free sexual orientation is an important category of no-discrimination.
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Dia De La Reqconuista, January 2 1492
Today is a day when those of who aren't ashamed of our religion and our ancestry can celebrate the final victory over the Moors in Spain when the good guys finally captured the city of Granada in 1492. It's one of those times when you have to really question the integrity if not the intelligence of those people who insist that the Crusades were a complete and utter failure.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Bishop of Münster Lampoons 500,000 Earthquake Victims
Editor: the Primate of Belgium hasn't been the only one to make these comparisons between the sex-abuse hoax and natural disasters. This Prelate, in the See of the Great von Galen, is licking the boots of Masonic journalists and helping to discredit the Church.
Msgr Felix Genn must, according to his mad sayings, apologize to the victims in Pakistan and Haiti -- and demonstrate that he has come back to his senses.
(kreuz.net) On the 23rd of December Bishop Felix Genn (60) of Munster was interviewed by the German internet site, 'Der Westen'. The site delegated journalists Rudiger Oppers and Thomas Runker.
Rüdiger Oppers (50) is the 'Chief Director of the New Ruhr / New Rhein Zeitung' and the Chancellor of the Grand Priory of Europe in the ecumenical hospital order.
Up until December 2007 he was associate Grand Master of the German Freemasons.
Since this didn't bring him to Grand Master, he resigned his office.
The homosexually distrubed German politician Guido Westerwelle dubbed him as "the most beautiful Journalist in Germany" in 2008.
The Bishop Cracks Up
In an interview with the Bishop it was of first importance, therefore, to make a celebration of the rare abuses in a Church context.
Msgr Genn rose to the occasion with: "Yes -- and there we still weren't completely gone topsy-turvey" -- he let himself catch on that the local Bishop wanted the to exploit the abuse hysteria for a long time as work therapy.
The Bishop held forth with madnesses such as the following: The abuse cases "have destroyed lives, like actual natural catastrophes, like in Haiti or Pakistan."
By the January earthquake in Haiti according to Church estimations, there were 500.000 who died. A further 300.000 people were injured and 1,2 became homeless.
In Pakistan from September 2010 during the floods, there were an official l 1,738 Menschen. 1.8 Milliom homes were damaged and in total, there were 14 million people affected by the storms.
Comparatively the Diocese of Münster had between 1948 and 2009 about sixty priests, who were accused of --mostly trivial -- "cases of sexual force".
Statistically, there are less than the half are remaining after such information. In total there were about 4.000 clerics employed in the Diocese.
Consequently, it effects consequences at very different ratios 0.7 of the clergy. That means that 99.3 percent of the priests of the Diocese were not accused of doing wrong.
He Works for the Enemy
Never the less the Bishop drove on as if obsessed with the abuse-delusion: "This year will remain an indelibly dark year in the history of the Church" -- he demonized.
As if on command, he passed in front of the two laughing journalists in a self-conceived mess: The church has learned that these crimes must be atoned for much more.
Bishop Genn cringingly explained a second time that the German Bishops' Conference had plans to eviscerate the hoax for a long time:
"At the level of the Episcopal Conference, we are considering how it can create a structured dialogue.“ I will present some ideas for it in January. "
Because the abuse hoax has such little focus on the facts, expect little, like Mgr. Genn: Genn expanded it:
"It means, for example, respect for those who no longer believe that." This is important in a multicultural country such as Germany:
"This is my answer to Christian fundamentalism, and also Muslim fanatics" -as the prelate continued to kiss the butts of the two journalists.
The Bishop starts to grumble: "Fundamentalism is not a religion but a quirky attitude."
The violence of abortion, homosexual ideology, the destruction of the family, the euthanasia program, or the Church's apparent decline, doesn't really bother him.
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Msgr Felix Genn must, according to his mad sayings, apologize to the victims in Pakistan and Haiti -- and demonstrate that he has come back to his senses.
(kreuz.net) On the 23rd of December Bishop Felix Genn (60) of Munster was interviewed by the German internet site, 'Der Westen'. The site delegated journalists Rudiger Oppers and Thomas Runker.
Rüdiger Oppers (50) is the 'Chief Director of the New Ruhr / New Rhein Zeitung' and the Chancellor of the Grand Priory of Europe in the ecumenical hospital order.
Up until December 2007 he was associate Grand Master of the German Freemasons.
Since this didn't bring him to Grand Master, he resigned his office.
The homosexually distrubed German politician Guido Westerwelle dubbed him as "the most beautiful Journalist in Germany" in 2008.
The Bishop Cracks Up
In an interview with the Bishop it was of first importance, therefore, to make a celebration of the rare abuses in a Church context.
Msgr Genn rose to the occasion with: "Yes -- and there we still weren't completely gone topsy-turvey" -- he let himself catch on that the local Bishop wanted the to exploit the abuse hysteria for a long time as work therapy.
The Bishop held forth with madnesses such as the following: The abuse cases "have destroyed lives, like actual natural catastrophes, like in Haiti or Pakistan."
By the January earthquake in Haiti according to Church estimations, there were 500.000 who died. A further 300.000 people were injured and 1,2 became homeless.
In Pakistan from September 2010 during the floods, there were an official l 1,738 Menschen. 1.8 Milliom homes were damaged and in total, there were 14 million people affected by the storms.
Comparatively the Diocese of Münster had between 1948 and 2009 about sixty priests, who were accused of --mostly trivial -- "cases of sexual force".
Statistically, there are less than the half are remaining after such information. In total there were about 4.000 clerics employed in the Diocese.
Consequently, it effects consequences at very different ratios 0.7 of the clergy. That means that 99.3 percent of the priests of the Diocese were not accused of doing wrong.
He Works for the Enemy
Never the less the Bishop drove on as if obsessed with the abuse-delusion: "This year will remain an indelibly dark year in the history of the Church" -- he demonized.
As if on command, he passed in front of the two laughing journalists in a self-conceived mess: The church has learned that these crimes must be atoned for much more.
Bishop Genn cringingly explained a second time that the German Bishops' Conference had plans to eviscerate the hoax for a long time:
"At the level of the Episcopal Conference, we are considering how it can create a structured dialogue.“ I will present some ideas for it in January. "
Because the abuse hoax has such little focus on the facts, expect little, like Mgr. Genn: Genn expanded it:
"It means, for example, respect for those who no longer believe that." This is important in a multicultural country such as Germany:
"This is my answer to Christian fundamentalism, and also Muslim fanatics" -as the prelate continued to kiss the butts of the two journalists.
The Bishop starts to grumble: "Fundamentalism is not a religion but a quirky attitude."
The violence of abortion, homosexual ideology, the destruction of the family, the euthanasia program, or the Church's apparent decline, doesn't really bother him.
Read original...kreuz.net...
Spain: Homosexual Memorial at the Basilica?
Spain. The Comrades of the City Administration of Barcelona want to erect a memorial for the homosexual victim-cult. As a possible location for the eyesore, the City Government have considered the square in front of the Basilica of the Holy Family, which Pope Benedict XVI consecrated this November.
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Spain: Record for Pilgrimage of St. James
The Holy Year of James in Santiago de Compstela has come to an end -- Correspondent's Report by Manuel Meyer
Santiago de Compostela (www.kath.net/ KAP) With a historic record number of pilgrims, the "Holy Year of James" is at an end this Friday in the northern Spanish pilgrimage destination of Santiago de Compostela. "It is almost inconceivable, but we have registered a total number of 271.93", said the director of the Office of Pilgrimage in Santiago, Jenaro Cebrian, says Katholischen Nachrichten-Agentur (KNA) In his "wildest dreams" it was at the most 240.000... in any case, he had prepared his office well and had even ordered ten temporary employees; but still no one could have figured on such a massive surge in numbers, said the director of the Pilgrimage Office.
Especially chaotic were the busiest Months of July and August. "In July we had 40.000 and in August 60.000 registered pilgrims -- we've never had so many before." The number of pilgrims has been climbing continuously in the past years. In the "Holy Year of James" in 1993 there were 99.436; in the last "Xacobeo" 2004 there were another 179.944.
"The Spanish James Pilgrimmage is today as beloved as never before", said Ignacio Santos also, General Director of the Xacobeo-Consortium, which is responsible for the organizing of the "Year of St. James". In order to care for the mass of pilgrims, the Consortium erected ten new hospices on the various St. James Pilgrimage routes through Spain. In addition there were mobile Pilgrim shelters established along the beloved "French way", so that no pilgrim would have to sleep under the open sky. Even so there weren't enough sleeping areas. "I had to walk until five o'clock in the morning, so that I could get to the the next day's destination. Otherwise I would have not gotten a bed", said 39 year old Madrilene Cesar Perez, who had taken the "French way" .
For all, the destination is Santiago, to which all eight of the paths go, the place to which all are bound. In addition, there are more than 2.000 cultural events of the accompanying cultural performances with demonstrations, concerts and other events which in the estimation o fthe media consist of about eight million visiters who have been drawn to the city. Actually not everyone is pleased by this. "When you have been walking through nature all week and are looking for reflection, the arrival in Santiago can be almost a shock", said Cesar Perez.
The Church tried to accomodate the pilgrims with five daily pilgrimage Masses and spiritual conferences. For this there were not a few pilgrims who would have liked more peace at the end of their jounrey. Even for Xacobeo-Director Ignacio Santos it was a balancing act between the protection of the religious character of the pilgrimage and its commercial exploitation, whose business element is very important in the financially poor region.
Next to the plenary indulgence for every Pilgrim who goes to the "St. James Year" in Santiago and goes to confession, even the market crisis in Spain plays an enormous role in the climb of the number of pilgrims: many see the pilgrimage as a suitable alternative to a vacation, says Jenaro Cebrian.
The Pope too admonished the pilgrims on his visit at the beginning of November to Santiago, that the pilgrims do not exhaust their wonder in seeking out some destination for its natural beauty, artistic treasures or history. It's more important for a pilgrim to have an encounter with God in a place, which he has shown himself in a particular way.
From the tomb of the Aposgle Benedict XVI. recalled Europe to its "Christian roots". And even at the beginning of the "Holy Year" he had expressed his hope that as many, who have gone further from believe in God, might come back to him. And the faithful should be encouraged by the pilgrimage to rethink their Faith and to deepen it.
A "Holy Year" always takes place in Santiago when the previous year the date of the Apostle's death the 25th of July should fall on a Sunday. That will not take place again until 2021.
Read original... kath.net...
Copyright 2010 Katholische Presseagentur, Wien, Österreich (www.kathpress.at) Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
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| St. James in Battle |
Santiago de Compostela (www.kath.net/ KAP) With a historic record number of pilgrims, the "Holy Year of James" is at an end this Friday in the northern Spanish pilgrimage destination of Santiago de Compostela. "It is almost inconceivable, but we have registered a total number of 271.93", said the director of the Office of Pilgrimage in Santiago, Jenaro Cebrian, says Katholischen Nachrichten-Agentur (KNA) In his "wildest dreams" it was at the most 240.000... in any case, he had prepared his office well and had even ordered ten temporary employees; but still no one could have figured on such a massive surge in numbers, said the director of the Pilgrimage Office.
Especially chaotic were the busiest Months of July and August. "In July we had 40.000 and in August 60.000 registered pilgrims -- we've never had so many before." The number of pilgrims has been climbing continuously in the past years. In the "Holy Year of James" in 1993 there were 99.436; in the last "Xacobeo" 2004 there were another 179.944.
"The Spanish James Pilgrimmage is today as beloved as never before", said Ignacio Santos also, General Director of the Xacobeo-Consortium, which is responsible for the organizing of the "Year of St. James". In order to care for the mass of pilgrims, the Consortium erected ten new hospices on the various St. James Pilgrimage routes through Spain. In addition there were mobile Pilgrim shelters established along the beloved "French way", so that no pilgrim would have to sleep under the open sky. Even so there weren't enough sleeping areas. "I had to walk until five o'clock in the morning, so that I could get to the the next day's destination. Otherwise I would have not gotten a bed", said 39 year old Madrilene Cesar Perez, who had taken the "French way" .
For all, the destination is Santiago, to which all eight of the paths go, the place to which all are bound. In addition, there are more than 2.000 cultural events of the accompanying cultural performances with demonstrations, concerts and other events which in the estimation o fthe media consist of about eight million visiters who have been drawn to the city. Actually not everyone is pleased by this. "When you have been walking through nature all week and are looking for reflection, the arrival in Santiago can be almost a shock", said Cesar Perez.
The Church tried to accomodate the pilgrims with five daily pilgrimage Masses and spiritual conferences. For this there were not a few pilgrims who would have liked more peace at the end of their jounrey. Even for Xacobeo-Director Ignacio Santos it was a balancing act between the protection of the religious character of the pilgrimage and its commercial exploitation, whose business element is very important in the financially poor region.
Next to the plenary indulgence for every Pilgrim who goes to the "St. James Year" in Santiago and goes to confession, even the market crisis in Spain plays an enormous role in the climb of the number of pilgrims: many see the pilgrimage as a suitable alternative to a vacation, says Jenaro Cebrian.
The Pope too admonished the pilgrims on his visit at the beginning of November to Santiago, that the pilgrims do not exhaust their wonder in seeking out some destination for its natural beauty, artistic treasures or history. It's more important for a pilgrim to have an encounter with God in a place, which he has shown himself in a particular way.
From the tomb of the Aposgle Benedict XVI. recalled Europe to its "Christian roots". And even at the beginning of the "Holy Year" he had expressed his hope that as many, who have gone further from believe in God, might come back to him. And the faithful should be encouraged by the pilgrimage to rethink their Faith and to deepen it.
A "Holy Year" always takes place in Santiago when the previous year the date of the Apostle's death the 25th of July should fall on a Sunday. That will not take place again until 2021.
Read original... kath.net...
Copyright 2010 Katholische Presseagentur, Wien, Österreich (www.kathpress.at) Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
Still More Spies in the Vatican
The sister was in the apartment of the Cardinal tidying up. Then she pushed against the statue of the Mother of God of Fatima, which then fell to the floor.
(kreuz.net)Pope John Paul II. was not the only one in the Vatican who pursued spies. The Italian news agency, 'Adnekronos' reported on the 29th of December.
Even the former Secretary of State, Agostino Cardinal Casaroli († 1998), found a bug in his home.
It was for that reason that the Cardinal is said to have been shadowed by the Soviet Secret Service, KGB throughout the 80s.
Cardinal Casaroli was in office from 1979 to 1990.
According to reports from 'Adnkronis' the Cardinal had a little statue of Our Lady of Fatima in his dining room.
One morning a sister, who was a servant in the residence, bumped into the statue. The statue fell to the floor whereupon a bug was suddenly visible.
The Italian Secret Service had determined in the 90er that the bug had been placed by Irina Trollevera in the residence of the Secretary of State.
Mrs Trollerova was a Czech citizen and was married to the Cardinal's nephew.
Already since the election of John Paul II († 2005) in 1978, the KGB had planned to wiretap the Pope.
The goal of the exercise was, "to discredit the Church and the Pope himself with disinformation-actions and provocations."
Actually Pope John Paul II. had already had his experience with Secret Services.
He was already being investigated by the Communist Secret Police of his own country.
Link to the original at kreuz.net...
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(kreuz.net)Pope John Paul II. was not the only one in the Vatican who pursued spies. The Italian news agency, 'Adnekronos' reported on the 29th of December.
Even the former Secretary of State, Agostino Cardinal Casaroli († 1998), found a bug in his home.
It was for that reason that the Cardinal is said to have been shadowed by the Soviet Secret Service, KGB throughout the 80s.
Cardinal Casaroli was in office from 1979 to 1990.
According to reports from 'Adnkronis' the Cardinal had a little statue of Our Lady of Fatima in his dining room.
One morning a sister, who was a servant in the residence, bumped into the statue. The statue fell to the floor whereupon a bug was suddenly visible.
The Italian Secret Service had determined in the 90er that the bug had been placed by Irina Trollevera in the residence of the Secretary of State.
Mrs Trollerova was a Czech citizen and was married to the Cardinal's nephew.
Already since the election of John Paul II († 2005) in 1978, the KGB had planned to wiretap the Pope.
The goal of the exercise was, "to discredit the Church and the Pope himself with disinformation-actions and provocations."
Actually Pope John Paul II. had already had his experience with Secret Services.
He was already being investigated by the Communist Secret Police of his own country.
Link to the original at kreuz.net...
Humorous Forms For the New Liturgy: Architectural Modernism
Editor: Bewildering, but not surprising. Notice how the indeterminate forms and bare spaces can accomodate ambiguity and foster religious indifferntism, that erroneous idea that all religions are equal. This space could accommodate practically any event, a blood drive, a barmitzva, an autopsy, a house closing, almost anything, that is, except for the Mass of All Ages.
An Old Liberal Bishop has rolled out a wire table for the believers in a stilted presentation.
(kreuz.net, Klagenfurt) The Old Liberal Bishop Alois Scharz von Gurk has blessed a newly constructed hospital chapel in the city of Klagenfurt population 94.000. The Diocese reported this from its press office at the beginning of December. [Ho-ho-ho]
Klagenfurt am Wörtersee is the capital of Kärnten.
Bishop Schwarz took this opportunity to consecrate a wire table, which could pass for a counter top.
The metal construction was designed by Architect Dietmar Feichtinger, who had planned the entire clinic.
The humorous form will serve as a table for the New Mass.
The Bishoip used the rite with oil, incense and fire -- which could have been used for an actual altar -- also for the wire table.
Every Wire Strand is an Apostle
For his Sermon, Bishop Schwarz dared a comical allusion.
The twelve wire strands which are fastened to the counter, represent in the tortured imagination of the Bishop, the Twelve Apostles:
"The close circle of friends around Jesus held this house and that table, on which the bread was broken and the wine, the blood of Christ served as the redemption of the world," he mystified.
According to the witness of the Gospel, there was only one apostle under the Cross -- namely John -- usually.
A Symbol of the New Desolation
The bare chapel was described by Bishop Schwarz as "sanctified and sanctifying place of the power of God".
He also thanked the alleged artist, Karl Brandstätter, the one who can be blamed for the inarticulate window glass in the desolate room.
The Bishop explained that people would find "the Savior" in that bare room.
"There are many people who have access to God, some, who seek him, som, who speak with him, without knowing who he is, and some, who still don't know him that he seeks, the God of their life" -- testified Msgr Schwarz Soundwave.
From kreuz.net...
An Old Liberal Bishop has rolled out a wire table for the believers in a stilted presentation.
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| New Table in the Hospital Chapel in Klagenfurt |
(kreuz.net, Klagenfurt) The Old Liberal Bishop Alois Scharz von Gurk has blessed a newly constructed hospital chapel in the city of Klagenfurt population 94.000. The Diocese reported this from its press office at the beginning of December. [Ho-ho-ho]
Klagenfurt am Wörtersee is the capital of Kärnten.
Bishop Schwarz took this opportunity to consecrate a wire table, which could pass for a counter top.
The metal construction was designed by Architect Dietmar Feichtinger, who had planned the entire clinic.
The humorous form will serve as a table for the New Mass.
The Bishoip used the rite with oil, incense and fire -- which could have been used for an actual altar -- also for the wire table.
Every Wire Strand is an Apostle
For his Sermon, Bishop Schwarz dared a comical allusion.
The twelve wire strands which are fastened to the counter, represent in the tortured imagination of the Bishop, the Twelve Apostles:
"The close circle of friends around Jesus held this house and that table, on which the bread was broken and the wine, the blood of Christ served as the redemption of the world," he mystified.
According to the witness of the Gospel, there was only one apostle under the Cross -- namely John -- usually.
A Symbol of the New Desolation
The bare chapel was described by Bishop Schwarz as "sanctified and sanctifying place of the power of God".
He also thanked the alleged artist, Karl Brandstätter, the one who can be blamed for the inarticulate window glass in the desolate room.
The Bishop explained that people would find "the Savior" in that bare room.
"There are many people who have access to God, some, who seek him, som, who speak with him, without knowing who he is, and some, who still don't know him that he seeks, the God of their life" -- testified Msgr Schwarz Soundwave.
From kreuz.net...
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Pro-Homosexual Abortion Priest of Genoa Goes Unchastened by Cardinal Tettamanzi
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| Gino Paoli |
Heretical Fr. Andrea Gallo has concelebrated Mass with Genoese priest, Gino Paoli, recently where he sang "Bella Ciao" a disrespectful anthem to the Blessed Mother. After his shocking confession that he's helped prostitutes to have abortions in the Corriere Della Serra a few years ago, his recent blasphemies during Mass with Father Paoli, Don Gallo's admission might seem rather low key for now, almost an afterthought put on the back burner by Cardinal Tettamanzi, who never the less saw fit to threaten another priest, the late Christian Democrat, Don Baget Bozzo, who'd criticized him quite lightly in the same day as Dom Gallo's aforementioned admission to Corriere Della Serra.
In any event, the duo were able to promote their peace message of disarmament, and Father Gallo still hasn't made reparations for his scandalous and awful comments about abortion and euthanasia, both of which he promotes alongside his vociferous political campaigning against Silvio Berlusconi which the aforementioned Father Bozzo was a supporter. It can be supposed that Cardinal Tettamanzi, by tacit approval is, like Don Gallo and Father Paoli, a lover of peace, social-justice, euthanasia and abortion. Didn't you know they go together?
Link to Messainlatino, here...
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| Oh my poor Genoa, do you miss me now? |
Photo from The Far Sight, Catholic Eye Candy...
Latin Masses Approved by the Archdiocese of St. Paul
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| MYSTERIVM FIDEI “What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI |
Traditional Latin Mass in Metro Area
Here is where you can assist at the Ancient Use of the
Mass (1962 Missal) within the Archdiocese of St. Paul
& Minneapolis at local Catholic Parishes in Communion
with Archbishop John C. Niensted; Pope Benedict XVI:
Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale
Sunday 11:30 AM—Low Mass, Occasional High Mass
4087 West Broadway, Robbinsdale, MN 55422
Saint Joseph in Miesville
Sunday 8:00 AM—Low Mass
23955 Nicolai Ave., Hastings, MN 55033
Saint Augustine in South Saint Paul
Sunday 11:30 AM—Low Mass, Occasional High Mass
Tuesday & Thursday - 5:15 PM—Low Mass
1st Friday 7:30 PM—High Mass
408 Third Ave. N., South Saint Paul, MN 55075
Saint Agnes in Saint Paul
1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday 10:00 AM—High Mass
548 Lafond Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55103
Holy Trinity in South Saint Paul
Monday & Wednesday 5:15 PM—Low Mass
749 Sixth Avenue S., South Saint Paul, MN 55075
Immaculate Heart of Mary South St. Paul
Masses Sunday 730am, 10am; Saturday 8am;Monday at IHM School and sometimes
during the week.
875 Manomin Ave
Saint Paul , MN 55107
651-224-1856
Islamists Kill 21 in Alexandrian Church Bombing
Cairo
[Christian Science Monitor] An Egypt church bombing today has raised fears that global terrorist organizations are exploiting the country's rising sectarian tension as justification for attacking Christians.
The powerful explosion took place outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria during a New Year's Eve mass early Saturday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 80. It came just as some of the worshipers, which numbered about 1,000, had begun to leave. Wrecked cars and debris were left scattered in the street.
Security authorities initially said the blast had come from a car bomb, but later said it appeared to have come from a suicide bomber, and not a car. A statement released by the Interior Ministry said the bomb was filled with nuts and bearings to kill as many as possible.
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[Christian Science Monitor] An Egypt church bombing today has raised fears that global terrorist organizations are exploiting the country's rising sectarian tension as justification for attacking Christians.
The powerful explosion took place outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria during a New Year's Eve mass early Saturday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 80. It came just as some of the worshipers, which numbered about 1,000, had begun to leave. Wrecked cars and debris were left scattered in the street.
Security authorities initially said the blast had come from a car bomb, but later said it appeared to have come from a suicide bomber, and not a car. A statement released by the Interior Ministry said the bomb was filled with nuts and bearings to kill as many as possible.
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Christian Presence Vanishing in Israel Last Sixty Years: America
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A Vanishing Church
We are pleased to feature this guest blog post from Sir Jeffery M. Abood, KHS. Sir Abood is chair of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation’s International Speakers Bureau and Co-Chair of the Council on Global Solidarity, Diocese of Cleveland.The recent Middle East Synod has helped focus church attention on the vanishing Christian population in the Holy Land.
For two thousand years, Christian communities there have thrived. Yet, over the last sixty years, their population has gone from historically around 18 percent to less than 2 percent today. Never have the Christian communities there been as close to going out, as they are now. According to Latin Patriarch Twal, “the future of the Church in the Holy Land is now in doubt unless fellow Christians around the world step up efforts to help them."
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Three Anglican Bishops Come to the Catholic Church
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| Former Bishop Burnham of Ebbsfleet |
It was announced back in October when we cited Kath.net, and now it's final. As Anglo-Catholic reports, history is being made. Deo Gratias, what a wonderful gift from providence and the Holy Father since he promulgated Anglicanorum Coetibus last year. Hearty welcome to them all and we're glad they're here. They're reinforcements for those of us who love Tradition and Orthodoxy. Cardinal Hume must be rolling in his grave, and Cardinal Kasper has already been duly chastened for his part in attempting to sideline this day. More later. Here's the report from Anglo-Catholic.
History Being Made
Photo stolen from, here.
H/t: Liturgia Latina.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Deacon and Superior of Disgraced SSJ Ordained in Oregon
No one's disputing the man's right to work, but many of his supporters talk as if he could do nothing else than be a priest. Arguably, turning a blind eye and defending his predatory friends and associates in the face of fair accusations and misappropriation of funds constitutes the kind of offense that would disqualify you from being ordained; but they've lowered the bar, obviously, as anyone who knows a sample of priests in the Modern Church can attest.. Apparently, Dr. Bond has written a letter to the local ordinary allowing this man to be ordained.
Read Tom at AQ...
On the evening of September 14, 2010, Central Oregon Catholics were privileged to witness the ordination of Joseph Karl Levine to the priesthood. Held at the new St. Francis of Assisi Church on NE 27th St. in Bend, the ceremony was conducted by Bishop Robert F. Vasa and attended by approximately 500 of the faithful. More than 30 priests from the Diocese of Baker and from as far away as Brazil [from the Society of Saint John?] were also present. Other dignitaries at the Mass of Ordination were Thomas Connolly, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Baker, and James Timlin, Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania [who supported the Society of Saint John as long as possible until he retired and his successor suppressed the Society in that diocese].
Fr. Levine has been assigned as Associate Pastor to St. Francis Parish.
Read Tom at AQ...
Catholics Targeted in Bomb Blast
[Al Jazeera] Six explosions target Christians across Iraqi capital, killing two and wounding 15, days after al-Qaeda renewed threat. Two people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks against the homes of minority Christians in different parts of Baghdad, police and interior ministry officials said on Thursday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/12/2010123019144787472.html
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Magic Circle Bishop Burns of Swansea Attacks Immemorial Mass of All Ages
...That clericalism risks raising its head today among those who again are looking for identity in status, not service. They want to be treated differently. There are those who set high standards of morality for lay people, while they blatantly violate those same standards themselves. There are those who go to extremes to express the Mass in a particular way, whether it is in the Ordinary Form or Extraordinary Form, in a so-called VAT II rite or Tridentine Rile, through the "People's Mass" or the . "Priest's Mass". Some want to put the priest on a pedestal, whilst the people are consigned to be privileged spectators outside the rails. Flamboyant modes of liturgical vestments and rubrical gestures abound. Women are denied all ministries at Mass: doing the Readings, the serving, the Bidding Prayers, and taking Communion to the Sick. To many in our Church and beyond, this comes across as triumphalism and male domination.
Link to Ignis Ardens site, here.
Communists Ban Christmas Mass in Vietnam
Editor: too bad our Bishops don't make our Communists this angry and fearful.
Vietnam...[kreuz/AsiaNews] Bishop Michel Hoang Ðúc Oahn (72) from Kontum in the central highlands of Vietnam may not celebrate Christmas Mass. This was reported by the Old Liberal news agency 'AsiaNews'. The ban came from the district's Communist authority. That mountain people from the Diocese wanted to participate at that Mass, alerted the comrades to the celebration. Initially, there was no opposition: the ban came first on Christmas day when 'AsiaNews" mentioned that Msgr Hoang Ðúc Oanh is famous for many conversions. In 2008 and 2009 alone, he was responsible for the baptism of 50.000 of his Dioceses' people.
Original German at kreuz.net, here...
Vietnam...[kreuz/AsiaNews] Bishop Michel Hoang Ðúc Oahn (72) from Kontum in the central highlands of Vietnam may not celebrate Christmas Mass. This was reported by the Old Liberal news agency 'AsiaNews'. The ban came from the district's Communist authority. That mountain people from the Diocese wanted to participate at that Mass, alerted the comrades to the celebration. Initially, there was no opposition: the ban came first on Christmas day when 'AsiaNews" mentioned that Msgr Hoang Ðúc Oanh is famous for many conversions. In 2008 and 2009 alone, he was responsible for the baptism of 50.000 of his Dioceses' people.
Original German at kreuz.net, here...
Inflation Hitting China May Cause Regime's Fall: He who Eats Pope, Dies
Inflation in China will cause the collapse of the regime
by Wei Jingsheng
To make a few people wealthy, the communist government keeps most of the population in poverty. If they really have the welfare of their people at heart, Beijing must allow the revaluation of the Yuan and should open the market to the West.
Washington (AsiaNews) - The inflation that is hitting China recently, the cause of many social protests, is different from any other to have ever occurred in the country: it continues to grow and can be simply explained by the greed of a minority of people, exploiting the cheap labour and authoritarianism of the regime to get rich.
Wei Jingsheng, pro-democracy activist and author of Democracy Wall, explains why the Chinese government is playing with fire at this critical stage of development: only democratic governments, he says, "can successfully manage an economic transformation similar to the one taking place in contemporary China”.
China's economy often has excessive inflation. But each inflation is not exactly the same. The inflation during the Mao Zedong era was due to the shortage of goods caused by the planned economy. Academics call it a shortage economy. After the economic reform of the 1980's, inflation is still emerging consistently. At present the recently rising currency inflation has such intensity that it has made many people puzzled: "Since China has been reformed to a market economy, why is it still short of commodities, and has this inflation?"
Asia News, remainder of article...
by Wei Jingsheng
To make a few people wealthy, the communist government keeps most of the population in poverty. If they really have the welfare of their people at heart, Beijing must allow the revaluation of the Yuan and should open the market to the West.
Washington (AsiaNews) - The inflation that is hitting China recently, the cause of many social protests, is different from any other to have ever occurred in the country: it continues to grow and can be simply explained by the greed of a minority of people, exploiting the cheap labour and authoritarianism of the regime to get rich.Wei Jingsheng, pro-democracy activist and author of Democracy Wall, explains why the Chinese government is playing with fire at this critical stage of development: only democratic governments, he says, "can successfully manage an economic transformation similar to the one taking place in contemporary China”.
China's economy often has excessive inflation. But each inflation is not exactly the same. The inflation during the Mao Zedong era was due to the shortage of goods caused by the planned economy. Academics call it a shortage economy. After the economic reform of the 1980's, inflation is still emerging consistently. At present the recently rising currency inflation has such intensity that it has made many people puzzled: "Since China has been reformed to a market economy, why is it still short of commodities, and has this inflation?"
Asia News, remainder of article...
Another Belgian Marxist Charged With Degenerate Conduct to Children
We're not the only ones who are starting to see the all-too-intimate connection between sexual deviancy and liberalism, here.
Just as a brief refresher, here are some links:
Here Woody Allen, Roman Polanksi, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Allen Gisberg and Doctor Kinsey: Really, the following quote typifies the kind of moral ambivalence once meets when confronted with the liberal by Daniel Cohn-Bendit:
Just as a brief refresher, here are some links:
Here Woody Allen, Roman Polanksi, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Allen Gisberg and Doctor Kinsey: Really, the following quote typifies the kind of moral ambivalence once meets when confronted with the liberal by Daniel Cohn-Bendit:
Le Grand Bazar,[1]: "On several occasions certain kids would open my fly and start to stroke me. I reacted differently according to circumstances, but their desire posed a problem for me. I asked them: 'Why don't you play together? Why have you chosen me, and not the other kids?' But if they insisted, I caressed them still.[2][3]"
Pope Says Normal Marriage Makes Europe, Europe
[Sexuality and Gender] With all the diplomatic comings and goings in Vatican City, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican weekly newspaper, is kept busy reporting on which diplomats are leaving, which new ones are arriving, what members of the Church hierarchy are retiring, and so on.
The descriptions of new arrivals to their diplomatic posts at the Vatican are especially interesting since they always begin with the same three markers: how old the ambassador is, whether he or she is married, and how many children they have. Just last week, for instance, we learned that Fernando Felipe Sánchez Campos of Costa Rica is 36, married, with two children. And we learn that Gábor Győriványi of Hungary is 51, married, with four children.
Yet there may be a more subtle rationale to this standard formula of diplomatic description than the simple recitation of facts.
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Bishop Fellay Predicts Reunion Soon
This over at Rorate Caeli, here.
The goal of your Fraternity is still to integrate the Catholic Church?
Yes, we have always maintained that we do not wish to go our own way. We maintain that we are Catholic and that we remain so. We wish that Rome will recognize us as true Bishops. Otherwise, the word schismatic is not used any longer regarding us. Now, if we are not schismatics, nor heretics, then we are truly Catholic. Otherwise, the Pope says that there is solely a problem of a canonical nature. An act of Rome suffices to state that it's over and that we reenter the Church. This will happen [Ça viendra.]. I am very optimistic.
[Source: Le Forum Catholique; tip: Le Salon Beige]
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Only a Third of Americans believe that Obama is a Christian: Ergo, Obama Goes to Church
Obama Visits Marines in the wake of His DADT Decision
Washington (www.kath.net/ idea) During his Christmas holiday to Hawaii Barack Obama went to Church with his family. Obama, his Frau Michelle and both daughtetrs Malia and Sasha took part in a service at St. Michael's church at the US-Marine Base according to "Christian Post" (Washington).
In the past year the president didn't go to church while he was in Hawaii. Polls afterward showed that only one third of Americans believe that Obama is a Christian. In the past year about a half of the population was of this opinion. Protestant pastors weighed in at 41 percent that the US President is a Christian. In this year's Christmas message Obama recalled the origina and the meaning of the Christmas feast: "It is the time in which we celebrate the most simple and at the same time, deepest gift -- the birth of a child, who committed his life to a mission of peace, love and salvation, a mission, which tells us: we are all equal, and we are called to love one another. We are the protectors of our brothers and sisters."
Link to original...
But he goes to church to hear a Muslim speaker at this "inter-faith" service where he gave a Kwanza greeting.
Washington (www.kath.net/ idea) During his Christmas holiday to Hawaii Barack Obama went to Church with his family. Obama, his Frau Michelle and both daughtetrs Malia and Sasha took part in a service at St. Michael's church at the US-Marine Base according to "Christian Post" (Washington).
In the past year the president didn't go to church while he was in Hawaii. Polls afterward showed that only one third of Americans believe that Obama is a Christian. In the past year about a half of the population was of this opinion. Protestant pastors weighed in at 41 percent that the US President is a Christian. In this year's Christmas message Obama recalled the origina and the meaning of the Christmas feast: "It is the time in which we celebrate the most simple and at the same time, deepest gift -- the birth of a child, who committed his life to a mission of peace, love and salvation, a mission, which tells us: we are all equal, and we are called to love one another. We are the protectors of our brothers and sisters."
Link to original...
But he goes to church to hear a Muslim speaker at this "inter-faith" service where he gave a Kwanza greeting.
Two New Bishops for Congregations: One is Close to Opus Dei
Vatican.... Still before the end of the year, Pope Benedict XVI, according to reports of the Milan daily, 'Il Giornale' is appointing two Secretaries to two Congregations. The new second man in the Congregation for Causes of Saints will be the Italian Prelate, Marcello Bartolucci (66). He was previously the undersecretary of the Congregation for Clergy, Prelate Celso Morga Urzubieta, and will be elevated in any case, to Secretary. He is close to Opus Dei. Both will be ordained as Bishops in the coming days. In the next days the new prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Cardinal Franc Rode is now seventy seven years old.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The Anglican Use Society of St. Bede the Venerable
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| Founding Members of the Venerable Bede Society |
Collegeville is an ugly place that unabashedly shoots for a contrived and cozy get-along-with the world complacency. Anglo-Catholicism is about the beauty, or at least it should be.
"Abbot" John Klassen, an inveterate Old Liberal, has given his permission for the Anglo-Catholics to say Mass at Collegeville. You can see from the photos provided at the Anglo-Catholic, that the setting isn't the most appealing. Well, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool them all the time.
But now St. John's has another faux Catholic cyberspot in addition to its other one, "Prey, Tell", that's called, "The Society of the Venerable Bede".
Nevertheless, "charity thinketh no evil," and so we ought to rejoice that something good is coming out of Collegeville; yet, we must ask why the powers that be at St. John's would want to promote ad-orientem, Anglo-Catholic liturgy when such liturgy is opposed to everything they support. Could it be that they hate everything Roman so much that traditional Anglican forms of liturgy are ok? Or is the Anglican Use just the next liturgical experiment in an attempt try something "new"?
The Anglican Use Society of St. Bede the Venerableolic,
The Anglican Use Society of St. Bede the Venerableolic,
Pope's Appointments Committed to Orthodoxy?
“Benedict’s new curia”
Vatican observer analyzes Pope Benedict XVI’s high-level appointments: all committed to orthodoxy, most are intellectuals
Editor: We were spot on when it came to the Cardinatial appointments, because we cited Paolo Rodari, and although we'd hoped that Cardinal Marx would have his hat yanked at the last minute, we were not wrong to put our trust in the Italian Vaticanista and defender of the Holy Father. We'd also like to think that kreuz.net's analysis is spot on when it comes to the flavor of Cardinals we have. Most of them are Old Liberals with only two that are devoted, unreserved Catholics. Like Cardinal Wuerl, Cardinal Marx doesn't belong in the College of Cardinals.
Anyhow, Remember, this is John L Allen Jr., over at the National Catholic Reefer. Careful, the paper they use is made from hemp and if you wrap your fish in it, it could cause a contact high with the THC content in their fish-wrap.
(The following are excerpts from an article by John L. Allen Jr. published by The National Catholic Reporter. While the Reporter is widely known as a left-leaning, heterodox publication, Mr. Allen has developed a well-earned reputation as a knowledgeable and even-handed reporter on Church matters, and especially on the Vatican.)
Speculation about Vatican jobs is always a favorite pastime in Rome, and these days the spotlight is on the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, popularly known as the Congregation for Religious, where the incumbent, Slovenian Cardinal Franc Rodé, is past the retirement age of 75.
Sometime after Christmas, Pope Benedict XVI is expected to name a successor. That choice will be watched especially closely in the United States, since it’s the office in charge of the current, and highly controversial, apostolic visitation of American nuns…
The bigger picture, however, arguably is this: Once that job is filled, Benedict will have named 21 of the 25 most senior officials of the Roman curia (a list that includes the secretary of state, prefects of nine congregations, presidents of 12 pontifical councils, and heads of three canonical courts). Benedict’s “new curia” has therefore come into focus -- and since personnel is policy, these appointments say much about where he’s taking the church.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
He Was Released From Prison Four Months Ago Before Attacking Fulda Priest
The Priest is still under nursing care. He is still dependent on a wheelchair and must be artificially fed and can no longer speak.
(kreuz.net) On last Tuesday the National Court in Fulda the trial began for the attempted murder of Prelate Aloysius Winter. (78).
The priest is the former rector of the theological faculty.
He was assailed brutally in his house on Haimbacher street in Fulda.
The alleged suspect David O. (31) was looking for money and valuables in order to finance his drug habit.
He knew his victim, because the priest had given him small jobs to do previously.
Cold Blooded Overall
On the evening of the crime the perpetrator broke through the closed bedroom door.
He broke through and was confronted by the priest who attempted to defend himself with a tazer.
David O. struck him brutally. The prelate suffered life threatening injuries.
Upon noticing his absence at early Mass in the Cathedral, parishoners alerted the police. They later found him seriously injured and unconscious.
The perpetrator stole 200 Euros and a small money case.
He was identified from the DNA traces left under the fingernails of his victim.
A Drug Criminal
David O is a trained steal worker. Already for a long time he has been dependent on alcohol and drugs and for that reason homeless and unemployed.
He has been punished previously for trafficking in drugs. In the past, he has been incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Facility in Fulda.
Already at the age of 13 he began, according to his own account, smoking haschisch and later alcohol.
Because he had a disagreement with his mother's boyfriend, and for that reason he was sent to a home in Gersfeld in the County of Fulda.
At eighteen he returned to Fulda and fell into drugs.
He had has five previous convictions -- all for robbery -- and breaking and entering.
In the past he has served one two year detention. This ended four months prior to his attack on Prelate Winter.
In prison he had withdrawal symptoms, says David O. He still managed to come by heroin and haschisch.
Three other hearings are scheduled for the 11th, 18th and 19th of January.
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| Prelate Winter Who Celebrated the Old Mass in Fulda, on His Website |
(kreuz.net) On last Tuesday the National Court in Fulda the trial began for the attempted murder of Prelate Aloysius Winter. (78).
The priest is the former rector of the theological faculty.
He was assailed brutally in his house on Haimbacher street in Fulda.
The alleged suspect David O. (31) was looking for money and valuables in order to finance his drug habit.
He knew his victim, because the priest had given him small jobs to do previously.
Cold Blooded Overall
On the evening of the crime the perpetrator broke through the closed bedroom door.
He broke through and was confronted by the priest who attempted to defend himself with a tazer.
David O. struck him brutally. The prelate suffered life threatening injuries.
Upon noticing his absence at early Mass in the Cathedral, parishoners alerted the police. They later found him seriously injured and unconscious.
The perpetrator stole 200 Euros and a small money case.
He was identified from the DNA traces left under the fingernails of his victim.
A Drug Criminal
David O is a trained steal worker. Already for a long time he has been dependent on alcohol and drugs and for that reason homeless and unemployed.
He has been punished previously for trafficking in drugs. In the past, he has been incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Facility in Fulda.
Already at the age of 13 he began, according to his own account, smoking haschisch and later alcohol.
Because he had a disagreement with his mother's boyfriend, and for that reason he was sent to a home in Gersfeld in the County of Fulda.
At eighteen he returned to Fulda and fell into drugs.
He had has five previous convictions -- all for robbery -- and breaking and entering.
In the past he has served one two year detention. This ended four months prior to his attack on Prelate Winter.
In prison he had withdrawal symptoms, says David O. He still managed to come by heroin and haschisch.
Three other hearings are scheduled for the 11th, 18th and 19th of January.
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Catholic group looks to form Latin parish
The first time Ashley Paver stepped into St. Mark's Church in Evanston, he knew he'd found the right place.
The tile mosaics, soaring arches, marble steps and lush stained glass windows gave the church the look and feel of an Italian basilica. As he walked through the empty church, Paver could almost hear the Gregorian chants and Latin prayers that defined Catholic Mass for centuries, from the Middle Ages to the 1960s. He could think of no better place to celebrate that ancient Mass again.
Catholic group looks to form Latin parish
Catholic group looks to form Latin parish
USCCB Promotes Socialist Causes: Often Silent about Catholic Ones
Editor: The USCCB is good good at undermining things, making useless pronouncments, creating the conditions of the decline and obsolescence of the Catholic Church in America. Their agendas are out of the Marxist playbook: disarmament, false ecumenism, updating, diversity, "peace and justice" stuff and so on and so forth. The only thing the USCCB can be counted on doing is attacking the Catholic Church, so Tom Roesser, thanks to Tom at AQ.
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How’s the USCCB Doing? Lobbying for the DREAM Act but Not a Word Against DADT. Parse-Parse. What Else Is New?
The only time in the New Testament when the apostles of Christ…later to become the first bishops… turned collegial came at Gethsemane after the chief priests and Pharisees arrived to arrest Jesus. The four gospels agree and say the same thing:“they all fled.” [Hat tip: Michael Voris].Of course that was before the intercession of the Holy Spirit. After the coming of the Holy Spirit most of them held so courageously for the Church they went on to martyrdom. Since then things have been, oh, so-so. For example when England turned Protestant with a vengeance (sufficient enough to behead Thomas More) all the bishops fled…accepting the clerical domination of the King instead of the Pope, except one—St. John Fisher.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Holy Family -- The Model For Every Family
After violent attacks against Christians in Nigeria and the Philippines the Pope called for peace and forgiveness.
Rome [kath.net/as] This year the Feast of the Holy Family fell on the first Sunday after Christmas on today's feast of St. Stephen. In his address before the traditional prayer of the Angelus, Pope Benedict expressed the unity of the Holy Family, which must be a model for every family.
After the Angelus the Pope discussed the episodes of violence which occured in the Phillipines and in Nigeria against Christians, which in the Philippines claimed 32and in Nigeria a dozen lives. Benedict XVI renewed an urgent call for peace and reconciliation and explained his sorrow for the victims of this "absurd act of violence".
"I renew again my outcry to leave the way of hate, for peaceful solutions for these conflicts, and to create security and peace for these dear people," said Benedict XVI. "On this day, when we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, who survived the dramatic experience of beimg pursued by Herod's murderous anger into Egypt, remind us also of everyone and especially families who are forced to leave their homes because of war. To flee violence and intolerance. I invite you, therefore, to join me in prayer, to ask the Lord that He could touch the hearts of men and instill hope, reconciliation and peace.
On the feast of the Holy Family the Pope asks the faithful, to consider this "Ikon", in which the small Jesus in the midst of affection and concern of His parents. Every child has something of this mystery within. People don't only experience the procreation of children solely as a pure act of reproduction. They "take its richness for real and understand that every person, who comes into the world, comes as a sign for the prominence of the creator and the Father in Heaven." For this reason it is important that every child that comes into the world should be received in to the warmth of a family.
Extraordinary luxuries are not important, said Benedict XVI rather just the love of the father and the mother. This gives the child security and places him in their care, to discover the reason for life.
The Holy Father greeted the pilgrims from Germany with the following words:
A Christmas Greeting for the pilgrims and visitors in the German language. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. The word of God has become man and has grown in a family, which had protected him from the storms of the time. Jesus Christ also blessed our families and left the gift of his divine love shining in them. For you and your loves I wish you a Grace filled Christmas time.
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Rome [kath.net/as] This year the Feast of the Holy Family fell on the first Sunday after Christmas on today's feast of St. Stephen. In his address before the traditional prayer of the Angelus, Pope Benedict expressed the unity of the Holy Family, which must be a model for every family.
After the Angelus the Pope discussed the episodes of violence which occured in the Phillipines and in Nigeria against Christians, which in the Philippines claimed 32and in Nigeria a dozen lives. Benedict XVI renewed an urgent call for peace and reconciliation and explained his sorrow for the victims of this "absurd act of violence".
"I renew again my outcry to leave the way of hate, for peaceful solutions for these conflicts, and to create security and peace for these dear people," said Benedict XVI. "On this day, when we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, who survived the dramatic experience of beimg pursued by Herod's murderous anger into Egypt, remind us also of everyone and especially families who are forced to leave their homes because of war. To flee violence and intolerance. I invite you, therefore, to join me in prayer, to ask the Lord that He could touch the hearts of men and instill hope, reconciliation and peace.
On the feast of the Holy Family the Pope asks the faithful, to consider this "Ikon", in which the small Jesus in the midst of affection and concern of His parents. Every child has something of this mystery within. People don't only experience the procreation of children solely as a pure act of reproduction. They "take its richness for real and understand that every person, who comes into the world, comes as a sign for the prominence of the creator and the Father in Heaven." For this reason it is important that every child that comes into the world should be received in to the warmth of a family.
Extraordinary luxuries are not important, said Benedict XVI rather just the love of the father and the mother. This gives the child security and places him in their care, to discover the reason for life.
The Holy Father greeted the pilgrims from Germany with the following words:
A Christmas Greeting for the pilgrims and visitors in the German language. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family. The word of God has become man and has grown in a family, which had protected him from the storms of the time. Jesus Christ also blessed our families and left the gift of his divine love shining in them. For you and your loves I wish you a Grace filled Christmas time.
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German Ecumenism-Bishops Don't Want Dialogue with Traditionalists
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| Fr. Schmidberger in his Christmas Video Address |
[kreuz.net] The Christ Child is the King of all times and lands. This was what the German District Superior of the Society of St. Pius X,, Father Franz Schmidberger said this Holy Night in a video speech.
The timely and even more, eternal fate of every single person is dependent upon his connection to the Christ Child.
Fr. Schmidberger called all men to come and kneel at the Manger.
With the Old Liturgy The Traditional Faith Will Return
With a look back on the year of 2010 Father Schmidberger was especially happy about an "increasingly sizeable number of young priests and seminarians who love the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass".
Contacts with the work of the Society of St. Pius X and an enthusiastic interest with it is a felicitous indicator:
"With the growing interest in the Liturgy there is also a preparedness to promote the Gospel without reservations even in a secular society."
Many young seminarians would like to fill, to reduce the faith with a purely human "improvement mission" -- explained the priest.
Although a return to the values of the truth Faith is for many seminarians a heartfelt concern.
"Meanwhile it is for many in the old generation, who steadfastly persist in reviving the promises of the "Spirit of the Council' -- contests the District Superior.
The proof is that the "Ideology of the Council" will be obsolete sooner or later.
German Bishops Ignore the Pope
In the video Father Schmidberger criticized the disposition of the majority of the German Episcopate:
"Many Bishops are still completely prejudiced against the work of Tradition of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre."
The lifting of the excommunications of January 2009 appeared as far as the Bishops were concerned to be "not to have arrived".
"The friendly hand shown by the Holy Father is almost completely ignored in Germany."
The discussions with Rome stand in complete opposition to the situation in Germany -- Fr. Schmidberger says:
"Although there are naturally still objective differences, the discussions are being held in a good atmosphere of mutual respect."
The perpedness to dialogue by the Bishops of Germany have a large backlog:
"It also touches us painfully that the same Shepherds have not amended the adulteration of the words of Consecration, although the Congregeation of Worship has already proposed this since October of 2006."
Link to kreuz.net...
Papal Mass: Communion in the Hand Refused
[kreuz.net, Vatican] At this years Midnight Mass in the St. Peter's Basilica, there was no hand communion.
Father Z at wdtprs.com from an Italian priest in Rome who wrote:
You can see the video at kreuz.net, here from Gloria TV.
In a change to former practice, those distributing Holy Communion at the Holy Father’s Mass tonight were told that ‘at all Papal Masses Communion is to be given only on the tongue.’ The usual statement that Prelates receive in the same way as the Laity remained.
thought you might be interested.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Holy Night in Hell: Carmelite in KZ
The French Carmelite Priest and Prisoner P. Jacques de Jésus spread hope with a Mass in KZ Gusen.
KZ Gusen was called the "Hell of Hells". But even there Christmas was celebrated. On the parade ground and in secret: the prisoner P. Jacques was able to celebrate Mass on 24. Dezember 1944. It was the most moving Liturgy of his life, reported a survivor.
A more perverse situation can not be imagined. It was the early evening of the 24th of December. Thousands of marled forms stood clothed in thin rags on the ice cold parade ground of Gusen and had to sing Christmas songs -- for their tormentors. The SS-Men even took off their hats and listened to the German and Polish songs. He had experienced much in 25 Months at Gusen, which is unimagineable, said the prisoner Louis Deblé: This Christmas feast stood out in an unimagineable way. A large Christmas tree stood there, where normally the mobile gallows was set up.
The "Pastor of Gusen". There was also another Christmas in the camp in 1944. The "Pastor of Gusen", as the prisoners called P. Jacques, had his hands full with much to do. Evidently, there was only work till midday, there the civilian foremen, the Capos and the SS-Men went home or also wanted to rest. That afforded the possibility to move within the confines of the camp more safely than usual. Unswervingly, prisoners sook P. Jacques out in order to do penance, and he went to several groups of Poles to give short meditations. Even the 400 children of the camp, for whom a Christmas tree was organized, he stopped and made a visit and finally made his way on this night to the sick, the moribund.
A chalice from weapon-steel. About 8 O'Clock he began in Block 18with the chrism. Between the beds the prisoners stood --- men from 15 nations sang in their mother tongues. Upon the Consecration, P. Jacques knelt in his prison uniform before his bed where stood the Chalice and Paten. A prisoner had made the chalice out of steel from rifle barrels, the wine came from a civil worker. The hosts came from a Polish seminarian who had carried them since 1940. The other prisoner Gaston Passagez stood during the Mass completely near to P Jacques: "never have I seen such concentration with my own eyes, such an interiority -- I was moved to tears." On this place of inhumanity was celebrated God becoming Man. After the Mass the prisoners embraced one another. "I will remember this night my whole life long", said a Polish witness of the Mass. P. Jacques died shortly after the liberation of the camp by the Elisabethinen in Linz.
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| P. Jacques de Jésus (left). Photo: Archive G. Carmelites in Avon |
KZ Gusen was called the "Hell of Hells". But even there Christmas was celebrated. On the parade ground and in secret: the prisoner P. Jacques was able to celebrate Mass on 24. Dezember 1944. It was the most moving Liturgy of his life, reported a survivor.
A more perverse situation can not be imagined. It was the early evening of the 24th of December. Thousands of marled forms stood clothed in thin rags on the ice cold parade ground of Gusen and had to sing Christmas songs -- for their tormentors. The SS-Men even took off their hats and listened to the German and Polish songs. He had experienced much in 25 Months at Gusen, which is unimagineable, said the prisoner Louis Deblé: This Christmas feast stood out in an unimagineable way. A large Christmas tree stood there, where normally the mobile gallows was set up.
The "Pastor of Gusen". There was also another Christmas in the camp in 1944. The "Pastor of Gusen", as the prisoners called P. Jacques, had his hands full with much to do. Evidently, there was only work till midday, there the civilian foremen, the Capos and the SS-Men went home or also wanted to rest. That afforded the possibility to move within the confines of the camp more safely than usual. Unswervingly, prisoners sook P. Jacques out in order to do penance, and he went to several groups of Poles to give short meditations. Even the 400 children of the camp, for whom a Christmas tree was organized, he stopped and made a visit and finally made his way on this night to the sick, the moribund.
A chalice from weapon-steel. About 8 O'Clock he began in Block 18with the chrism. Between the beds the prisoners stood --- men from 15 nations sang in their mother tongues. Upon the Consecration, P. Jacques knelt in his prison uniform before his bed where stood the Chalice and Paten. A prisoner had made the chalice out of steel from rifle barrels, the wine came from a civil worker. The hosts came from a Polish seminarian who had carried them since 1940. The other prisoner Gaston Passagez stood during the Mass completely near to P Jacques: "never have I seen such concentration with my own eyes, such an interiority -- I was moved to tears." On this place of inhumanity was celebrated God becoming Man. After the Mass the prisoners embraced one another. "I will remember this night my whole life long", said a Polish witness of the Mass. P. Jacques died shortly after the liberation of the camp by the Elisabethinen in Linz.
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"God Protect Austria" -- New Book About Pius XII Confirms Rejection of Hitler's Ideology
Valvo presents new material from the Vatican Archive. "The freeing up of Vatican Sources to the end of the Pontificate of Pius XI. in 2006, allowed for a new appreciation and a deeper understanding about the events then, above all for the time at the end of the First World War till the dawn of the Second," says Msgr Antonio Filipazzi in his review. Naturally, said Msgr Filipazzi, it will not fail those who, because of their opinions and deep prejudices or look for "verification of their preconceived notions" and choose to "ignore" the plentiful documentation, which don't correspond to their prejudices. Athough they are not found, they don't correct their opion, rather they they are determined to promote archive openings.
The situation which Valvo substantiates, establishes on the contrary, that Pius XI and the future Pius XII., "show they held the possible collaboration between the Hitler Movement and the Catholic Church as a complete impossibility , and not even in an anti-Bolshevist function," says Filipazzi.
The Italian ambassador to the Holy See, Bonfiacio Pignatti, attempted to advise the past Cardinal Secretary "despite his famous, insurmountable opposition against everything that savored of Nazism, that it would is beneficial to Austria, to improve its relationship to the Reich". For it was from this demonstrable opposition against National Socialism which dictated the complete policy of Cardinal Pacelli's during his years in Austria and left him, to be described according to the accommodating disposition of some of the Austrian Bishops toward Hitler as "the most shameful chapter in Church History."
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