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Lucas 22:19Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-548954249493886492024-03-18T12:00:00.000-04:002024-03-18T12:00:00.249-04:00Investigation Yields Disturbing Findings on Catholic Relief Services<p> By Patty Knap</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3UxvklJfI_d1X8qePSM2LOX6fjfCnu2D1msD1fS8O6VfDrbcKv_T6iZS8Veog9txENmFwJHLqL-TPtu5hzrCYbQf3hATwoMjQN0HAK23DK9v38H7a5XKIJznt2PjlJEw15PmqE2l7rEeqIDfR67xvNNLIsmNHTo_4HFNh1y_XkdrMIeSCBq0bQbhFs1T/s599/IMG_4196.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3UxvklJfI_d1X8qePSM2LOX6fjfCnu2D1msD1fS8O6VfDrbcKv_T6iZS8Veog9txENmFwJHLqL-TPtu5hzrCYbQf3hATwoMjQN0HAK23DK9v38H7a5XKIJznt2PjlJEw15PmqE2l7rEeqIDfR67xvNNLIsmNHTo_4HFNh1y_XkdrMIeSCBq0bQbhFs1T/s320/IMG_4196.png" width="293" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="td-post-featured-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; position: relative;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; width: auto;"><a class="td-modal-image" data-caption="wikipedia.org/public domain" href="https://catholicinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/548px-Topography_of_africa.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4db2ec; text-decoration: none;"></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px; margin: 6px 0px 26px; z-index: 1;">wikipedia.org/public domain</figcaption></figure></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">An exhaustive investigation by two Catholic organizations</strong> into <a href="http://catholicreliefservices.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4db2ec; text-decoration: none;">Catholic Relief Services</a> (CRS) in three African countries has revealed pervasive contraception promotion and abortion referrals.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Joint research by <a href="https://www.lepantoin.org/wp/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4db2ec; text-decoration: none;">The Lepanto Institute</a> and the <a href="https://www.pop.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4db2ec; text-decoration: none;">Population Research Institute </a>(PRI) into CRS projects focused on Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. The investigation was prompted by learning that CRS had led the implementation of a PEPFAR program called “Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe women” (DREAMS) in several African countries, and that in this context was promoting condoms and contraception as well as implementing health referral networks that included abortion and contraception promoters and providers.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Field investigators in the three countries obtained thousands of pages of documents, recorded conversations, and photographs that reveal that CRS has, “referred girls as young as 10 to abortion and contraception providers, been the “prime implementer” of projects that, through a network of partners, is designed to spread and promote contraception and condoms, and has even corrupting the good morals of young girls with its own materials.”</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">A detailed 120 page report by Lepanto and PRI was released at a press conference on March 6th. The troubling findings, “led the organizations to conclude that CRS is morally complicit in the promotion and spread of condoms and contraception through federally-funded and Catholic laity funded projects,” the joint press release states..</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Recognizing the gravity of the report, the organizations point out that CRS has previously been criticized for going against Church teaching while maintaining the Catholic title. Over the past decade, Lepanto and PRI, both separately and together, have repeatedly raised concerns about CRS’s involvement in projects that promote pornographic sex education, condoms and contraceptives.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">CRS is the recipient of $1 billion in U.S. government funding, as well as Catholic laity donations of about a third of that from an annual parish collection. The annual <a href="https://www.usccb.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4db2ec; text-decoration: none;">USCCB</a> collection for CRS takes place in all U.S. parishes the weekend of March 10th.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The report states that Archbishop Gerard Lerotholi of Lesotho, “echoed the concern of many African bishops we have spoken to over the years when he told our investigators that he couldn’t “vouch for CRS” because CRS neither informs him about its activities in his archdiocese nor takes the views of the local Church into account.”</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">“Based on our field research in Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon, we can see why CRS would want to shield its activities from scrutiny by the local Church. Its partnerships with the USAID/PEPFAR projects we investigated virtually requires CRS to make grave moral compromises, not to say completely abandon its Catholic identity, in favor of a pose as a secular NGO.”</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Among other disturbing findings, the report found evidence that CRS:</p><ul style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 21px;">Implemented a sex education program, with its own logo on the front cover, that promoted masturbation as a form of “safer sex.”</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 21px;">Provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to an organization taking girls for abortions and lobbying for pro-abortion laws. This organization’s logo is a heavily pregnant woman with an “X” through the location of the preborn baby. CRS’s contributions to this organization between 2017 and 2021 may have violated the Mexico City Policy and Siljander amendment then in force.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 21px;">Led the implementation of government programs specifically designed for the spread of contraception.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 21px;">Knowingly introduced girls to contraception-providing organizations so they could receive sexual and reproductive health ‘services’ as integral aspects of these projects.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21px;">Permitted at least one organization to promote and distribute condoms in schools under their charge.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21px;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21px;">Read the rest: <a href="https://catholicinsight.com/investigation-yields-disturbing-findings-on-catholic-relief-services/">https://catholicinsight.com/investigation-yields-disturbing-findings-on-catholic-relief-services/</a></li></ul>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-14745728825688271212024-03-17T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-17T12:00:00.138-04:00Irish voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution<p> </p><div class="st-btn st-first" data-network="facebook" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #4267b2; border-radius: 20px; border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 34, 42); color: #2f222a; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 40px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; position: relative; text-align: center; 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flex: 1 0 auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 16px !important; padding-right: 16px !important; padding-top: 0px; width: 0px !important;"><div class="post-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; width: 356px;"><img alt="Irish referendum" height="447" src="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/image/ireland.jpg?w=670&h=447" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 24px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: auto;" width="670" /><span class="image-caption" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #797885; display: block; font-size: 0.8125em; margin: -32px 0px 20px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Votes are counted in Dublin, Ireland, on March 9, 2024, after voters in the country went to the polls March 8 to decide on a pair of referendums proposing wording changes to the Irish constitution aimed at reflecting secular values. | Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images</span></div></div></div></div><div data-io-article-url="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257046/irish-voters-keep-mothers-traditional-families-in-constitution" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(47, 34, 42); color: #2f222a; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="container wide" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: unset; padding: 0px 16px; position: relative; width: 390px;"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 0px -15px; padding: 0px;"><div class="col post-content content" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 0 auto; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 16px !important; padding-right: 16px !important; padding-top: 0px; width: 0px !important;"><div class="post-author d-flex justify-content-start align-items-center" style="-webkit-box-align: center !important; -webkit-box-pack: start !important; align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; justify-content: flex-start !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/author/846/kate-quinones" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ea1c2d; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s;"><img alt="Kate Quiñones" class="author-image m-0 mr-4" height="48" src="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/authors/wPrKsZoqQh83ESDP8Q8ntqE62IlHGhvGjNJAEQ5I.jpg?w=48&h=48" style="border-radius: 100px; border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 48px; margin: 24px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 48px;" width="48" /></a><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/author/668/shannon-mullen" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ea1c2d; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s;"><img alt="Shannon Mullen" class="author-image m-0 mr-4" height="48" src="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/storage/authors/FvTBi3sa1ARhqbfw5LHg5y8Dghu7hmOmKbg5EMjX.png?w=48&h=48" style="border-radius: 100px; border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 48px; margin: 24px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 48px;" width="48" /></a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875em; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/author/846/kate-quinones" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(121, 120, 133); transition: 0.1s;">Kate Quiñones</a>, <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/author/668/shannon-mullen" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(121, 120, 133); transition: 0.1s;">Shannon Mullen</a></p></div><p class="post-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875em; margin: 4px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;">CNA Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 10:32 am</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">By wide margins, voters in Ireland rejected proposed changes to the country's constitution that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about the social value of women within the home.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Saturday that voters had delivered “two wallops” to the government, which had pushed for a "Yes" vote on a pair of March 8 referendums.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">“Clearly we got it wrong,” he said. “While the old adage is that success has many fathers and failure is an orphan, I think when you lose by this kind of margin, there are a lot of people who got this wrong and I am certainly one of them.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Nearly 68% of voters rejected the so-called “<a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.electoralcommission.ie/referendums/referendum-information/what-are-you-being-asked-to-decide-on/#FamilyAmendment" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ea1c2d; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s;" target="_blank">Family Amendment</a>,” which would have removed a clause about the importance of marriage and family to society from Ireland’s 1937 constitution and legally redefined “family” as either “founded on marriage or on other durable relationships.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;">Read the rest: <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257046/irish-voters-keep-mothers-traditional-families-in-constitution" style="font-size: 1.125em;">https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257046/irish-voters-keep-mothers-traditional-families-in-constitution</a></p></div></div></div></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-89361131456954930342024-03-16T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-16T12:00:00.140-04:00Brittany Martinez Explains Birth Control's Effect On Women And How She Is Fighting It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg_GplUb_MgWG0c3f1jRHe5zT7Gi1awrf2Ptuk00PpT-nRURvtHkEbWreK180-6gtrzmjSwikmxESzOMMCPL8N1hp5czkno366Vylwmv1SoAZgBRZVstDaSIrOcd8B43G8Ju7XnYhBXSLcnfHD264F51FLxHpg2BhFnE2irE-F8oZ53PLtc5sLr3S3HXW/s2357/IMG_4191.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 349.96875px;"><div class="metabar metabar-thumb" style="background: url("") left top no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.9; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 10px 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: none; border-color: currentcolor rgb(238, 238, 238); border-image: none; border-style: none solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Droid Serif", georgia, serif; line-height: 2.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <a href="https://c-fam.org/author/stefano-gennarini-j-d/" rel="author" style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f2b59; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by Stefano Gennarini, J.D.">Stefano Gennarini, J.D.</a> | February 22, 2024</span></div><div class="noprint" style="background: none; 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caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NEW YORK, February 23 (C-Fam) The Biden administration plans to investigate, intimidate, and silence opponents of abortion and the homosexual/trans agenda.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The State Department published an <a href="https://www.state.gov/equity/" style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Equity Action” report</a> last week with plans to combat what it dubbed “regressive anti-rights movements.” The open-ended catchall is a technical term of art for pro-life and pro-family organizations. Organizations that have been dubbed anti-rights include Family Watch International, ADF International, the Heritage Foundation, and C-Fam, publisher of the Friday Fax.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Until now the phrase was understood to be little more than a scare tactic. It has been used in reports that track and monitor the activities of pro-life and pro-family organizations prepared by the UN rights office, European governments, abortion and homosexual/trans advocates, and organizations backed by George Soros. The Equity Action report commits the U.S. government to go beyond mere threats.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Biden plan instructs the State Department to “consult and partner with foreign governments, multilateral and regional organizations, and civil society through events, statements, and institutional mechanisms, like the Istanbul Process 16/18, to combat the rise in global antisemitism, Islamophobia, religiously, racially, and ethnically motivated violent extremism, homophobia and transphobia, and other regressive anti-rights movements.”</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The State Department’s plan includes specific metrics to measure progress against such “anti-rights groups”, including entering into international agreements to silence anti-rights groups. One of the metrics is the number of new agreements with other countries or through the United Nations to “address the role of technology in global anti-rights movements.”</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another metric includes monitoring and tracking “data on, and mapping of, transnational financial and advocacy activities of anti-rights groups and movements to better inform targeted interventions and engagement.”</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The plan also establishes a “Women’s Leadership Network” composed of feminist activists and journalists to “better understand, safely identify, and counter pushback on gender equality, with guidance for Department personnel on inclusive consultations.” The notion of “pushback” was first used in the context of the United Nations in response to the pro-life policies of the Trump administration seven years ago and continues to be associated with pro-life and pro-family positions.</p><p style="background: none; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read the rest: <a href="https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/biden-state-department-launches-global-campaign-against-pro-life-family-groups/" style="font-family: Oxygen, helvetica, sans-serif;">https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/biden-state-department-launches-global-campaign-against-pro-life-family-groups/</a></p></div></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-53413436128611955622024-03-14T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-14T12:00:00.141-04:00Spanish bishop to Pope Francis: Withdraw Fiducia Supplicans<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNXFgw9dl6OT8-9RsYK2zaj1Ycdgqn9VT_OKYecwSsVn6LDRQXTPfywQf4jA5dNUWgZMQ-bFbq9eaUMv8V7B1W8-D9qeFJXr5Yk7TjJNpawB5F78Zo7mm-kFeHNSzVegdbBkIpDYayZzFvMmHJ8eUZ2lk9AY6jaJY_4PtQs5oWsTkDPX_AgxoBGcLKfOz/s2532/IMG_4158.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2532" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNXFgw9dl6OT8-9RsYK2zaj1Ycdgqn9VT_OKYecwSsVn6LDRQXTPfywQf4jA5dNUWgZMQ-bFbq9eaUMv8V7B1W8-D9qeFJXr5Yk7TjJNpawB5F78Zo7mm-kFeHNSzVegdbBkIpDYayZzFvMmHJ8eUZ2lk9AY6jaJY_4PtQs5oWsTkDPX_AgxoBGcLKfOz/s320/IMG_4158.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-60874274844676367712024-03-13T12:00:00.015-04:002024-03-13T12:00:00.262-04:00Austrian priest: Pope Francis is responsible for widespread ‘dismay, heresy, and division’ in the Church<div class="entry-header" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column-end: articleheader; grid-column-start: articleheader; grid-row-end: articleheader; grid-row-start: articleheader; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 810px;"><header class="entry-info" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center;"><div class="entry-excerpt" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.15em; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1em 0px;">Pope Francis’ approval of homosexual ‘blessings’ is a ‘turning point’ that shows how the Jesuit pontiff has ‘left the teachings of the Church’ and caused a ‘swath of devastation that cannot be overlooked,’ Fr. 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margin-bottom: 1em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">This essay by Fr. Joachim Heimerl was originally written in German. It has been translated and published with the permission of Fr. Heimerl.</em></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">(</span><a href="https://lifesitenews.com/" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0092c8; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;">LifeSiteNews</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">) — When Pope Francis said that Christ expects “synodality” from the Church of today, I wondered how the pope knew this. Has he received a private revelation, and has Christ spoken to him? Probably not, and all the less so because what Francis understands by “synodality” is as unknown to the Gospel as it is to Church history. In other words: “synodality” is a firm idea of the pope, but it is not a “divine” recommendation and should not be taken seriously. Francis does not even take it seriously himself.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em;">That this is the case could be seen on December 18, when the pope surprisingly allowed the “blessing” of remarried and homosexual “couples.” The corresponding document was published out of the blue, without Francis having waited for a recommendation from the global synod, which will not be completed until next fall.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em;">“Synodality” thus turned out to be a Potemkin village, a backdrop behind which nothing is to be found; and to this day, no one knows how to explain exactly what the pope means by “synodality.” The meaning of the term fluctuates between everything and nothing – let me put it this way: “synodality” is Francis’ big show, which has only one aim: It is meant to disguise the fact that the pope wants to transform the Church according to his ideas. Francis stands on the – false – position: “I am the Church,” and woe betide anyone who denies this.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em;">It is fitting that his decisions are made in the back room of “Santa Marta.” If at all, Francis only listens to his Jesuit confreres and other favorites. These include, above all, the eccentric prefect [of the Dicastery for the Doctrine] of the Faith and pornography author Víctor Fernández.</p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">After 11 years of Francis, it is evident that this is not good for the Church. Never before has a pope caused so much confusion and strayed so far from the Gospel and the teachings of the Church. Many examples would prove this. However, the controversial document on blessings, with which Francis has now overstepped the mark, has done this the most. There is a torrent of protest from all corners of the world. After all, no pope can change the revealed truths. This includes the fact that marriage is indissoluble and that practicing homosexuality is a grave sin.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Therefore, no one can “bless” remarried or homosexual “couples,” even if Francis claims to do so. Instead, such a “blessing” inevitably leads to heresy and causes such a deep division in the Church as has never been seen under any pope in modern times. If we lived in different times and the cardinals were more courageous, Francis would have been deposed and a new pope elected; it would not have been the first time in history.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">And yet: the blessing document has made the theological deficits of this pontificate glaringly obvious. For example, the distinction made between a “liturgical” and “pastoral” blessing turned out to be a phenomenal embarrassment. This also applied to the subsequent statement by the prefect of [the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the] Faith, in which he claimed that “couples” could be “blessed” without confirming their relationship. This was intended as a soothing pill for “conservative” Catholics. In fact, however, Fernández disqualified himself with that. And he has made it abundantly clear on what shaky ground Francis’ pontificate stands.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">There is no doubt that the blessing document has become a turning point. The faithful will not be fooled. They understand very well that Francis has left the teachings of the Church here, even if the document brazenly claims the opposite. The pope’s credibility is, therefore, gone. More and more Catholics are becoming increasingly aware of his blunders: The letter </span><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Amoris laetitia</em><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"> (relativization of marriage), the Abu Dhabi Declaration (relativization of Christianity), and finally, the motu proprio </span><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Traditiones custodes</em><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"> (persecution of the traditional Mass) seem like a swath of devastation that cannot be overlooked. This also applies to the scandal surrounding the Pachamama during the Amazon Synod and the pope’s aberrant “climate theology” with its neo-pagan elements.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: "noto serif", Georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">When Francis was elected 11 years ago, he ran as a popular South American figurehead. But that is over. In the meantime, dismay, heresy, and division are spreading in the Church. The next pope will have to take a clear position on what was Catholic about the “Franciscan” church – and what was not. Under no circumstances, however, should the show go on as before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: noto serif, Georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;">Source</span></span>: <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/austrian-priest-pope-francis-is-responsible-for-widespread-dismay-heresy-and-division-in-the-church/">https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/austrian-priest-pope-francis-is-responsible-for-widespread-dismay-heresy-and-division-in-the-church/</a></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-56936844580007063392024-03-12T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-12T12:00:00.157-04:00Lent think <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15g9lUt9ndpX6SIa53k3qVLEAg4_KhwOGm8SYUoORHO6MFkCaRBSSqdCqc33Bmp9Goe__ajJ31ayvvQLkEr0ZQPxnJzNkorWiWl8Vy1jJq4bB9VIqjmBJhzYwaVgZh2m63agvQszOpYJkwppG5HhjnSZNrgeRcXxYK1jHtzx16TpE4HWmJEGaxBxYcBhF/s1524/IMG_4140.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15g9lUt9ndpX6SIa53k3qVLEAg4_KhwOGm8SYUoORHO6MFkCaRBSSqdCqc33Bmp9Goe__ajJ31ayvvQLkEr0ZQPxnJzNkorWiWl8Vy1jJq4bB9VIqjmBJhzYwaVgZh2m63agvQszOpYJkwppG5HhjnSZNrgeRcXxYK1jHtzx16TpE4HWmJEGaxBxYcBhF/s320/IMG_4140.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-59503711946361855982024-03-12T09:58:00.003-04:002024-03-12T10:12:13.567-04:00Prayer OF THE NINE-MONTH NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 4px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">To </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">be prayed daily throughout the nine-month novena from March 12 to December 12, 2024.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">O Virgin Mother of God, we fly to your protection and beg your intercession against the darkness and sin which ever more envelop the world and menace the Church. Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, gave you to us as our mother as He died on the Cross for our salvation. So too, in 1531, when darkness and sin beset us, He sent you, as Our Lady of Guadalupe, on Tepeyac to lead us to Him Who alone is our light and our salvation.<br /><br />Through your apparitions on Tepeyac and your abiding presence with us on the miraculous mantle of your messenger, Saint Juan Diego, millions of souls converted to faith in your Divine Son. Through this novena and our consecration to you, we humbly implore your intercession for our daily conversion of life to Him and the conversion of millions more who do not yet believe in Him. In our homes and in our nation, lead us to Him Who alone wins the victory over sin and darkness in us and in the world.<br /><br />Unite our hearts to your Immaculate Heart so that they may find their true and lasting home in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ever guide us along the pilgrimage of life to our eternal home with Him. So may our hearts, one with yours, always trust in God's promise of salvation, in His never-failing mercy toward all who turn to Him with a humble and contrite heart. Through this novena and our consecration to you, O Virgin of Guadalupe, lead all souls in America and throughout the world to your Divine Son in Whose name we pray.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Amen.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">-Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke </span></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-28018882139781431682024-03-11T06:00:00.005-04:002024-03-11T06:00:00.132-04:00Cardinal Burke sponsored novena through Our Lady of Guadalupe begins tomorrow <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq79mXu2jo7ZEXF5hwRY8qSSTSDAI9z0sZEDKPGviszk5Jq8ukViVcLaYNqok4Vxbldq-r7PotEXyzzoQ0greKHFmYet9qJMBygh-42-Ray6d_UVWCfuPU9qKDxL8qHUghKOoGpFhe2KU-VJLTLdpjgZe_oR8p9-jL3S5jZtkUKlu9JTZdw9mnmbNx-I2c/s1226/IMG_4070.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="788" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq79mXu2jo7ZEXF5hwRY8qSSTSDAI9z0sZEDKPGviszk5Jq8ukViVcLaYNqok4Vxbldq-r7PotEXyzzoQ0greKHFmYet9qJMBygh-42-Ray6d_UVWCfuPU9qKDxL8qHUghKOoGpFhe2KU-VJLTLdpjgZe_oR8p9-jL3S5jZtkUKlu9JTZdw9mnmbNx-I2c/s320/IMG_4070.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-size: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dear Friends, I am calling upon all Catholics to join me in a significant Novena seeking Our Lady’s intercession. This nine-month novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe, starting March 12th, will culminate in a Marian consecration on her feast day, December 12th, 2024. Our Lady has not forgotten her children: her care for us is as strong today as it was 500 years ago. Please join me in this return to Our Lady.” —</span></p><div class="css-175oi2r r-xoduu5" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; display: inline-flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap; z-index: 0;"><span class="r-18u37iz" style="flex-direction: row;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/cardinalrlburke" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d9bf0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; text-overflow: unset; white-space: inherit;">@cardinalrlburke</a></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="flex-direction: row;"><br /></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="flex-direction: row;">Novena info here: <a href="https://novena.cardinalburke.com/#sign-up-form">https://novena.cardinalburke.com/#sign-up-form</a></span></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-20046687067536415852024-03-10T12:00:00.002-04:002024-03-10T12:00:00.143-04:00Baroque Joy<p> A break from Lent.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRZLlT7R4QK-Oj8EVzOEFTYMGcgqobIvH2EjwzzWVN_Q13MQ_PGDJAy4RHRQgotycdwKja2CZ6M79gTVZEL-psFPl1Gw9OyNvhNKfMacCYdp6xYz8-aYOP_GEEUl-Ui1ov6BiJMr0K3GUxXs0t6dr6Wova-zC6fG5ze7ukULnJTm7Fy3gHwqUxVBQVsE9/s2532/IMG_4133.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2532" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRZLlT7R4QK-Oj8EVzOEFTYMGcgqobIvH2EjwzzWVN_Q13MQ_PGDJAy4RHRQgotycdwKja2CZ6M79gTVZEL-psFPl1Gw9OyNvhNKfMacCYdp6xYz8-aYOP_GEEUl-Ui1ov6BiJMr0K3GUxXs0t6dr6Wova-zC6fG5ze7ukULnJTm7Fy3gHwqUxVBQVsE9/s320/IMG_4133.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Se Bramate d’Amar</p><p>Handel </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/pZrafaRH5v0?si=96y0OhCk2GJlMnzl">https://youtu.be/pZrafaRH5v0?si=96y0OhCk2GJlMnzl</a></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-10184349903028813702024-03-09T12:00:00.000-05:002024-03-09T12:00:00.132-05:00‘Non-Liturgical’ Blessings Do Not Exist<div class="article__lead" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28.223999px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">A recent Vatican News article used a 2000 instruction by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to justify the blessing of irregular couples.</p></div><figure class="article__featured" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 720px;"><picture style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14.336px;"><source media="(max-width: 680px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240304130324_ffe6be4e6ba19b37f5bc5e258a7a77d575a75383b4b42cc06a26ccce07fbd707.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(max-width: 680px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240304130324_ffe6be4e6ba19b37f5bc5e258a7a77d575a75383b4b42cc06a26ccce07fbd707.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width: 681px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240304130324_427ea5ae618818d738d4cf4fd91085c2e80ca43d000a61455f67df549e430852.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width: 681px)" srcset="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240304130324_427ea5ae618818d738d4cf4fd91085c2e80ca43d000a61455f67df549e430852.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source></span><img alt="Pope Benedict XVI delivers his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 25, 2011." src="https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240304130324_427ea5ae618818d738d4cf4fd91085c2e80ca43d000a61455f67df549e430852.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 360px;" title="Pope Benedict XVI delivers his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 25, 2011. " /></picture><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888;">Pope Benedict XVI delivers his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 25, 2011. (photo: Franco Origlia / Getty Image)</figcaption></figure><div class="articleMetadata marginTop30" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; line-height: 27.417601px; margin-top: 15px;"><span class="articleMetadata__byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b72025;">Father Nicola Bux</span><span class="articleMetadata__section" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/section/blogs" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s;">Blogs</a></span><time class="articleMetadata__info" datetime="2024-03-04T13:27:09-06:00" style="box-sizing: border-box;">March 4, 2024</time></div><div class="article__text" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; line-height: 27.417601px; margin-top: 20px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">On Feb. 27, Vatican News published an <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-02/fiducia-supplicans-blessings-ratzinger-editorial-tornielli.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #015fb6; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s;">article</a>headlined:<i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> ‘Fiducia Supplicans,’ Non-liturgical Blessings and Pope Benedict’s Distinction</i>. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">The aim of the article was to assert that distinguishing between rituals inserted into liturgical books and pastoral or spontaneous prayers is the same criterion now being used to admit the possibility of blessing irregular couples.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">The article juxtaposes the recent Declaration with some passages from the Vatican instruction <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ardens Felicitatis</i>, promulgated by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Sept. 14, 2000.</p></div><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif;">That document concerned prayers and how they can obtain healing from God, and it arose from the need to bring order to the confusion of those years about prayer gatherings and the charism of healing.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">However, the comparison that the Vatican News article makes between these two documents is completely wrong. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Firstly, it’s important to point out that prayer is an insistent request, as the word itself indicates, while a blessing is a formula of approval (<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">bene dicere</i>) from above, that is, from God. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">In the 2000 Instruction, it explains that the goal of prayers for healing is to invoke deliverance from bodily and spiritual evil, and it stresses that no prayer can be made to God to confirm the state of sin into which one had fallen. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ardens Felicitatis</i> aimed to help regulate the growing novelty of prayer gatherings given that they are combined with liturgical celebrations aimed at imploring healing from God, underlining the liturgical aspect over which the Church must watch and give norms, so that such practices may be disciplined righteously. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">After presenting the desire for healing and the prayer to obtain it, explaining how Jesus exercised the charism of healing, and outlining the charism of healing in the present context, the Instruction goes on to discuss disciplinary provisions.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">“Prayers to obtain healing,” the Instruction stresses, “are called liturgical if they are found in approved liturgical books,” otherwise they are spontaneous prayers. Regarding these, they must remain distinct from liturgical prayers and must not be confused with them, as the Instruction makes clear. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">They are not blessings, and they have no efficacy as blessings, especially if the faithful do not want to leave the state of sin. Even the reference to the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ordo benedictionis infirmorum,</i> found in the Rituale Romanum, in point 2 of the Instruction, concerns “the euchological texts,” that is, the healing prayers contained therein, not the blessing formulas, which instead constitute the sacramentals proper.</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Nowhere in the Instruction, in fact, is there any mention of blessings, beyond a single reference to “the blessings of good health.” The Vatican News article, then, incurs a glaring oversight by calling Ratzinger into question. </p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px; line-height: 27.417601px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Read the rest: <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/bux-non-liturgical-blessings">https://www.ncregister.com/blog/bux-non-liturgical-blessings</a></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-79817199028948573552024-03-09T11:16:00.012-05:002024-03-16T11:30:08.837-04:00The REAL Mother Cabrini <p> I saw the film yesterday.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QaygPt4IZd-bdkIVVTwhIUSfLQR-3RXzHXoZuTCaUlKcakugbO9SNMOmeI2csobgqkeFAEhCT7eOtcVifmpQ-jBv0V9eqScF6LB1vGAgNYZwM51MCS9uAh7rTVWOo3USy-9GEwQz613FeD2-gGb0DPX2srNVshtkRH4WOMOSaUzxNRHqZzE99HYtulmb/s2104/IMG_4168.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="2104" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QaygPt4IZd-bdkIVVTwhIUSfLQR-3RXzHXoZuTCaUlKcakugbO9SNMOmeI2csobgqkeFAEhCT7eOtcVifmpQ-jBv0V9eqScF6LB1vGAgNYZwM51MCS9uAh7rTVWOo3USy-9GEwQz613FeD2-gGb0DPX2srNVshtkRH4WOMOSaUzxNRHqZzE99HYtulmb/s320/IMG_4168.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The Cabrini that was canonized a saint constantly carried a Mass kit around with her in case she ran into a priest so that she would never be a day without the Holy Mass and the true peeence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. Not one mention of that in the entire movie.</p><p>Here’s the real Mother Cabrini<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> about her orphanage in Denver:</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">“</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">I will have no peace until I have wrested every last child from Protestant hands."</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">That line never would have made it past the approval of the Mormon producers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">The movie is a big disappointment. The element missing </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;">is</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> the most important one in the lives of faithful Catholic religious women: the 19th century traditional Catholic piety no one has experienced since the Church has been eviscerated by Modernism and Protestant heresy. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px;">This review nails it:</span></span></p><p><a href="https://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2024/03/cabrini-worldly-one-sided-view-of-saint.html">https://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2024/03/cabrini-worldly-one-sided-view-of-saint.html</a></p><p>Catholic World Report also gets it:</p><h1 class="entry-title" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor black; border-image: none; border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.625rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Cabrini</i> is a beautiful film, but lacks a Catholic core”</h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor black; border-image: none; border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.625rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">An otherwise good and admirable film ultimately comes up short, as it fails to show how Jesus Christ was the source of Mother Cabrini’s </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">vocation and motivation.</span></h1><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/03/07/cabrini-is-a-beautiful-film-but-lacks-a-catholic-core/">https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/03/07/cabrini-is-a-beautiful-film-but-lacks-a-catholic-core/</a></span></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-87564699398477877622024-03-08T19:34:00.002-05:002024-03-08T19:34:46.701-05:00Biden thumbs his nose at God for all to hear and all we get from the bishops is crickets <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXxJ_OXSZ_DMM85ejQT7cz1x8UjY0kduO0yPSucGux3es0_KynSHDMunOnyDa4kM0lmYd3dWE7dFeP3uNekArF_jWyeJkoPr7L9S3vpSoBQcJF-Kwbjv4r0SFdS0AlMBUPVc5PXJ6TWZle9NwjCbDepbV-6c5UurDfgqjEFdTlA16VgQMjFfRVqim3xlx/s1170/IMG_4165.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="1170" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXxJ_OXSZ_DMM85ejQT7cz1x8UjY0kduO0yPSucGux3es0_KynSHDMunOnyDa4kM0lmYd3dWE7dFeP3uNekArF_jWyeJkoPr7L9S3vpSoBQcJF-Kwbjv4r0SFdS0AlMBUPVc5PXJ6TWZle9NwjCbDepbV-6c5UurDfgqjEFdTlA16VgQMjFfRVqim3xlx/s320/IMG_4165.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-48175273911331686352024-03-08T12:00:00.000-05:002024-03-08T12:00:00.135-05:00Hilaire Bello: The Difference Between a Barbarian and the Civilized Man<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The Barbarian hopes — and that is the mark of him, that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilization has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort, but he will not be at pains to replace such goods, </span><span class="r-b88u0q" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that has brought them into being.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Discipline seems to him irrational, on which account he is ever marveling that civilization, should have offended him with priests and soldiers.... In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make: that </span><span class="r-b88u0q" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">he can befog and destroy but that he cannot sustain</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">; and of every Barbarian in the decline or peril of every civilization exactly that has been true.
</span><span class="r-b88u0q" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">We sit by and watch the barbarian. We tolerate him in the long stretches of peace, we are not afraid.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We are tickled by his irreverence; his comic inversion of our old certitudes and our fixed creed refreshes us; we laugh. But as we laugh we are watched by large and awful faces from beyond, and on </span><span class="r-b88u0q" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">these faces there are no smiles..."</span><div><span style="color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); font-size: 17px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8IxhcIBWYTp85769YHC_eovcnbE36-Edm2-r1TJZGmRnmuzz7H03QfreieyiZ2U24ANLZCvJp4VeMBHdm-sTHMe1CocdZHNlahpj-ay3qWwRhHYkAuJnKmGvN2PJ1eRwaLNBnIUE3cTHoVPl7JwU47CNLOsbRK0mqf_EpbKrDrZ7QO5L16vkhybtJels/s800/IMG_4129.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8IxhcIBWYTp85769YHC_eovcnbE36-Edm2-r1TJZGmRnmuzz7H03QfreieyiZ2U24ANLZCvJp4VeMBHdm-sTHMe1CocdZHNlahpj-ay3qWwRhHYkAuJnKmGvN2PJ1eRwaLNBnIUE3cTHoVPl7JwU47CNLOsbRK0mqf_EpbKrDrZ7QO5L16vkhybtJels/s320/IMG_4129.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span class="r-b88u0q" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(15, 20, 25); color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-56647851116353062652024-03-07T12:00:00.013-05:002024-03-07T12:00:00.174-05:00Francis is euthanizing the Church <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnp2m1sIku8j_NqJWTFgieGbeSsiXs2Tkp9QxL0PnLF5Onzrf_jQ81sDocifk8yW3bTyynaJ0mVY0S-m0sAjiyCyOcflbXq5Z_A1A7GISJaJt2UsV3shE4vjDxvIt1vXaPkFI1wSanO42NLNx6jzxaGXerzEZH0aabDowpTM4tKr2r4viP1XAmF-Ac-Az/s2250/IMG_4124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="2250" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnp2m1sIku8j_NqJWTFgieGbeSsiXs2Tkp9QxL0PnLF5Onzrf_jQ81sDocifk8yW3bTyynaJ0mVY0S-m0sAjiyCyOcflbXq5Z_A1A7GISJaJt2UsV3shE4vjDxvIt1vXaPkFI1wSanO42NLNx6jzxaGXerzEZH0aabDowpTM4tKr2r4viP1XAmF-Ac-Az/s320/IMG_4124.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Francis wants to turn the whole Church into Germany, which is dying. Or Spain, where one priest holds the keys to 45 churches and drives 50k kilometers a year. The traditional Latin Mass is the last hope of the entire Church, not just of those who attend it. Why is Francis shutting it down?</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://x.com/Michael_J_Matt/status/1764387023664623949?s=20">https://x.com/Michael_J_Matt/status/1764387023664623949?s=20</a></span></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-36920418684941885662024-03-06T12:00:00.007-05:002024-03-06T12:00:00.237-05:00Harrison Butker donates Jersey for burial of Catholic mother of two murdered at KC rally<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirS_pwudIe7fjC1ka3zOpBYs5A-dUWTzl5fIhl5bCn2hrXJyViqbmUKNS7vV3c_Zw4FUSL9c80c4Ifg_JBnIvwLCHCvKFSMvgxOTKGFLJ6FC8lxzLaH7zVPm0qVMHwpupX4k4x8HRuCRBcnMC0P3IQ5YaXZiVHDhyIfRLgLCwkJUD5Apx4ugMRU5Ucz2u3/s2048/IMG_4111.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirS_pwudIe7fjC1ka3zOpBYs5A-dUWTzl5fIhl5bCn2hrXJyViqbmUKNS7vV3c_Zw4FUSL9c80c4Ifg_JBnIvwLCHCvKFSMvgxOTKGFLJ6FC8lxzLaH7zVPm0qVMHwpupX4k4x8HRuCRBcnMC0P3IQ5YaXZiVHDhyIfRLgLCwkJUD5Apx4ugMRU5Ucz2u3/s320/IMG_4111.jpeg" width="183" /></a></div><p></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-30261031973968678262024-03-05T12:00:00.015-05:002024-03-05T22:04:46.944-05:00Bishop: Never Before in Church History: “Entire Continent Opposes Pope” <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqfPNNWsWM-oGXcg9WaPm9DypGxMgNX6tUaeCWVJxXhZj9P_jXhAT_vUeaY6y5IlYXmm69wdNZlkySV2JDe_Wmequ9dFyjgjBadiIcvtJnszvHXMardzYDcMMBWz2RBrFhF2OrtIKApIzTAHtX3GeswYeaoX05ntpN0kXnFHIWgsnFbLx9l-mNn8yJ_Mw/s687/IMG_4135.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="687" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqfPNNWsWM-oGXcg9WaPm9DypGxMgNX6tUaeCWVJxXhZj9P_jXhAT_vUeaY6y5IlYXmm69wdNZlkySV2JDe_Wmequ9dFyjgjBadiIcvtJnszvHXMardzYDcMMBWz2RBrFhF2OrtIKApIzTAHtX3GeswYeaoX05ntpN0kXnFHIWgsnFbLx9l-mNn8yJ_Mw/s320/IMG_4135.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">Francis is selective in answering questions and his answers are often ambiguous, leading to confusion and division, auxiliary bishop Rob Mutsaerts, 65, of Herzogenbosch, told InfoVaticana.com (27 February).</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">Church teaching is that someone who is not in a state of grace cannot receive Holy Communion. But Francis' "Amoris Laetitia" contains many statements whose ambiguity "allows interpretations contrary to faith or morals".</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">Similarly, "Fiducia Supplicans". Mutsaerts states that a priest can bless sinners but not sin. Yet FS claims, contrary to Church teaching, that homosexual unions [= sin] can be blessed: "It does not help that Cardinal Fernández, in response to criticism, makes an artificial distinction between couple and union."</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">He describes the tone of Francis' Traditiones Custodes as "harsh". The faithful of the Roman Rite are often referred to as "rigid" or "with even more extravagant terms". It's enough to ask for a traditional Mass, and "you will be dumped".</span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">For Mutsaerts, it doesn't help either that Francis uses the example of priests who bless criminals in prisons: "We don't bless criminal acts. I can bless thieves, but not their activities. I can bless homosexuals, but not their union".</span><div><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">For Mutsaerts, it is clear that with Francis we are witnessing a "break with tradition". As a result, "in 2,000 years we have never seen so many people - even an entire continent - oppose a Roman declaration".</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">He describes the tone of Francis' Traditiones Custodes as "harsh". The faithful of the Roman Rite are often referred to as "rigid" or "with even more extravagant terms". It's enough to ask for a traditional Mass, and "you will be dumped".</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">Mutsaerts cites the example of the soft-spoken Bishop Strickland, who was removed by Francis, while German and Belgian bishops who consistently advocate the rejection of Church doctrine and morals are treated kindly: "This characterises the current </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">For Mutsaerts, this shows what Francis' [hypocritical] slogan todos, todos, todos means: everyone except Catholics.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17.6px;" /></div></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Cantarell, Oxygen-Sans, "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Lucida Grande", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, system-ui, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-size: 17.6px;">Source: </span><a href="https://gloria.tv/post/LjVZCtCFRhCr6CLPmjk8tXSYN">https://gloria.tv/post/LjVZCtCFRhCr6CLPmjk8tXSYN</a></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-15581960114146657062024-03-04T12:00:00.011-05:002024-03-05T07:34:01.669-05:00Bishops panic as the underground Church grows <p> … evident in the fact that they dangerously resort even to libel. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv2_g7tvrifn4qM_dQ_WRBqMjF0FOnZpoSP1iI0LI_E_zaT52TDdqnJ_EqCo7e0lk9nPFhvdfjVP030nypV7I7VdSnWQU2xgo348Jvf6TF402cMMxBnaeQMWRrpYUUytzeKkuKXGXFQzKpu8t4jIneWjixk2x3xYyNWkK0V6Y1Kna8eypnP_xA8Zjc433/s1037/IMG_4077.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1037" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv2_g7tvrifn4qM_dQ_WRBqMjF0FOnZpoSP1iI0LI_E_zaT52TDdqnJ_EqCo7e0lk9nPFhvdfjVP030nypV7I7VdSnWQU2xgo348Jvf6TF402cMMxBnaeQMWRrpYUUytzeKkuKXGXFQzKpu8t4jIneWjixk2x3xYyNWkK0V6Y1Kna8eypnP_xA8Zjc433/s320/IMG_4077.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_WcLSRuqqMs?si=6n3ocRZnDDtKQQ3d">https://youtu.be/_WcLSRuqqMs?si=6n3ocRZnDDtKQQ3d</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWu4vFhnGo3ahckluGejYgY8zOn8bYTMWr5kvW8enxBgPOgyrdzqEYrCbR04XxtKo4UIFU6P8rW17Mf4dxHEmWrWCozlSlahQjO08w815ElC6b_q3JbohzOxgbRy2QBYG0MXeKWm4NfDPi6AOW-iBoLrgp2b6bZZWHQ85uMc1BihNPyuykDlR6qOE9bd1/s2082/IMG_4079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2082" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWu4vFhnGo3ahckluGejYgY8zOn8bYTMWr5kvW8enxBgPOgyrdzqEYrCbR04XxtKo4UIFU6P8rW17Mf4dxHEmWrWCozlSlahQjO08w815ElC6b_q3JbohzOxgbRy2QBYG0MXeKWm4NfDPi6AOW-iBoLrgp2b6bZZWHQ85uMc1BihNPyuykDlR6qOE9bd1/s320/IMG_4079.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Matthias Sevigny, 17, led the family to the traditional Latin Mass, which they all now attend together weekly.</p><p>A question: can you be Catholic and at the same time feel threatened by the traditional Latin Mass?</p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-37242403019144883392024-03-03T12:00:00.002-05:002024-03-03T21:37:01.469-05:00Demos II: What the Church needs in the next pope <p> <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #005083; font-family: "Barlow Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 1.4rem; text-transform: uppercase;">EXCLUSIVE</span></p><h1 class="card-title pb-3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Barlow, sans-serif; font-size: calc(1.359375rem + 1.3125vw); line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: var(--bs-card-title-spacer-y); margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem !important;">A profile of the next Pope, writes Cardinal</h1><div class="card-riassunto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Barlow, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; line-height: 1.5rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.3rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Two years after the text signed 'Demos' (later revealed to have been written by Cardinal Pell) a new anonymous document, linked to the first, defines the seven priorities of the next Conclave to repair the confusion and crisis created by this Pontificate.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://lanuovabq.it/it/lidentikit-del-prossimo-papa-gli-appunti-di-un-cardinale" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">- L'identikit del prossimo Papa (I)</a> II <a href="https://brujulacotidiana.com/es/retrato-robot-del-proximo-papa-las-notas-de-un-cardenal" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">"Retrato robot" del próximo Papa (ES)</a> II <a href="https://newdailycompass.com/en/lidentite-du-prochain-pape-notes-dun-cardinal" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">L'identité du prochain pape (F)</a> II <a href="https://newdailycompass.com/en/identitaet-des-naechsten-papstes-kardinal-schreibt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">Identität des nächsten Papstes (D)</a> II <a href="https://newdailycompass.com/en/identyfikacja-nastepnego-papieza-notatki-kardynala" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">Identyfikacja następnego papieża (PL)</a></span></p></div><div class="card-dettagli" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Barlow, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding: 0rem 0rem 1rem;"><a class="card-sezione" href="https://newdailycompass.com/en/ecclesia" style="background-color: #f2972c; border-radius: 0.7rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; display: inline-block; font-family: "Barlow Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0.5rem 0rem 0rem; padding: 2px 15px 3px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">ECCLESIA</a> <span class="card-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0.5rem 0rem 0rem;">29_02_2024</span><span class="vai-a-versione" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><a href="https://lanuovabq.it/it/lidentikit-del-prossimo-papa-gli-appunti-di-un-cardinale" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;"><img alt="Italiano" border="0" class="ico-flag-small" src="https://newdailycompass.com/assets/themes/lanuovabq-2023/images/icon/icon-lang-it.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 28px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 28px;" title="Italiano" /></a> <a href="https://brujulacotidiana.com/es/retrato-robot-del-proximo-papa-las-notas-de-un-cardenal" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;"><img alt="Español" border="0" class="ico-flag-small" src="https://newdailycompass.com/assets/themes/lanuovabq-2023/images/icon/icon-lang-es.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 28px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 28px;" title="Español" /></a></span></div><section class="corpo-articolo" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Barlow, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; padding-bottom: 3rem; padding-top: 4rem;"><img alt="" class="img-fluid w-100" src="https://newdailycompass.com/storage/imgs/cardinali-large-0-1-2-3.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 360px;" title="" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The </em>Daily Compass<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is publishing an exclusive document in six languages, intended to circulate among cardinals in view of the forthcoming conclave and among the faithful as food for thought on the priorities of the Church. The text was written principally by a cardinal after he collated the suggestions of other cardinals and bishops. They have chosen to remain anonymous for the reasons explained in the letter.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Vatican Tomorrow</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">In March 2022, an anonymous text appeared – signed “Demos” and titled the “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220315084708/http:/magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2022/03/15/a-memorandum-on-the-next-conclave-is-circulating-among-the-cardinals-here-it-is/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(var(--bs-link-color-rgb), var(--bs-link-opacity, 1)); text-decoration: none; transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;">The Vatican Today</a>” – that raised a number of serious questions and criticisms regarding the pontificate of Pope Francis. Conditions in the Church since that text appeared have not materially changed, much less improved. Thus, the thoughts offered here are intended to build on those original reflections in light of the needs of the Vatican tomorrow.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The concluding years of a pontificate, any pontificate,</span> are a time to assess the condition of the Church in the present, and the needs of the Church and her faithful going forward. It is clear that the strength of Pope Francis’ pontificate is the added emphasis he has given to compassion toward the weak, outreach to the poor and marginalized, concern for the dignity of creation and the environmental issues that flow from it, and efforts to accompany the suffering and alienated in their burdens.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Its shortcomings are equally obvious: </span>an autocratic, at times seemingly vindictive, style of governance; a carelessness in matters of law; an intolerance for even respectful disagreement; and – most seriously – a pattern of ambiguity in matters of faith and morals causing confusion among the faithful. Confusion breeds division and conflict. It undermines confidence in the Word of God. It weakens evangelical witness. And the result today is a Church more fractured than at any time in her recent history.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The task of the next pontificate must therefore be one of recovery and reestablishment</span> of truths that have been slowly obscured or lost among many Christians. These include but are not limited to such basics as the following: (a) no one is saved except through, and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">only</em>through, Jesus Christ, as he himself made clear; (b) God is merciful but also just, and is intimately concerned with every human life, He forgives but He also holds us accountable, He is both Savior and Judge; (c) man is God’s creature, not a self-invention, a creature not merely of emotion and appetites but also of intellect, free will, and an eternal destiny; (d) unchanging objective truths about the world and human nature exist and are knowable through Divine Revelation and the exercise of reason; (e) God’s Word, recorded in Scripture, is reliable and has permanent force; (f) sin is real and its effects are lethal; and (g) his Church has both the authority and the duty to “make disciples of all nations.” The failure to joyfully embrace that work of missionary, salvific love has consequences. As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:16, “woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Some practical observations flow from the task and list above.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">First:</em> Real authority is damaged by authoritarian means in its exercise.</span> The Pope is a Successor of Peter and the guarantor of Church unity. But he is not an autocrat. He cannot change Church doctrine, and he must not invent or alter the Church’s discipline arbitrarily. He governs the Church collegially with his brother bishops in local dioceses. And he does so <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">always</em> in faithful continuity with the Word of God and Church teaching. “New paradigms” and “unexplored new paths” that deviate from either are not of God. A new Pope must restore the hermeneutic of continuity in Catholic life and reassert Vatican II’s understanding of the papacy’s proper role.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Second: </em>Just as the Church is not an autocracy, neither is she a democracy.</span>The Church belongs to Jesus Christ. She is his Church. She is Christ’s Mystical Body, made up of many members. We have no authority to refashion her teachings to fit more comfortably with the world. Moreover, the Catholic <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">sensus fidelium</em> is not a matter of opinion surveys nor even the view of a baptized majority. It derives only from those who genuinely believe and actively practice, or at least sincerely seek to practice, the faith and teachings of the Church.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Third:</em> Ambiguity is neither evangelical nor welcoming.</span> Rather, it breeds doubt and feeds schismatic impulses. The Church is a community not just of Word and sacrament, but also of creed. What we believe helps to define and sustain us. Thus, doctrinal issues are not burdens imposed by unfeeling “doctors of the law.” Nor are they cerebral sideshows to the Christian life. On the contrary, they’re vital to living a Christian life authentically, because they deal with applications of the truth, and the truth demands clarity, not ambivalent nuance. From the start, the current pontificate has resisted the evangelical force and intellectual clarity of its immediate predecessors. The dismantling and repurposing of Rome’s John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and the marginalizing of texts like <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Veritatis Splendor </em>suggest an elevation of “compassion” and emotion at the expense of reason, justice, and truth. For a creedal community, this is both unhealthy and profoundly dangerous.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fourth:</em> The Catholic Church, in addition to Word, sacrament, and creed, is also a community of law. </span>Canon law orders Church life, harmonizes its institutions and procedures, and guarantees the rights of believers. Among the marks of the current pontificate are its excessive reliance on the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">motu proprio</em> as a tool for governance and a general carelessness and distaste for canonical detail. Again, as with ambiguity of doctrine, disregard for canon law and proper canonical procedure undermines confidence in the purity of the Church’s mission.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fifth:</em> The Church, as John XXIII so beautifully described her, is </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">mater et magistra</span>,</em> the “mother and teacher” of humanity, not its dutiful follower; the defender of man as the subject of history, not its object. She is the bride of Christ; her nature is personal, supernatural, and intimate, not merely institutional. She can never be reduced to a system of flexible ethics or sociological analysis and remodeling to fit the instincts and appetites (and sexual confusions) of an age. One of the key flaws in the current pontificate is its retreat from a convincing “theology of the body” and its lack of a compelling Christian anthropology . . . <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">precisely</em> at a time when attacks on human nature and identity, from transgenderism to transhumanism, are mounting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sixth:</em> Global travel served a pastor like Pope John Paul II</span> so well because of his unique personal gifts and the nature of the times. But the times and circumstances have changed. The Church in Italy and throughout Europe – the historic home of the faith – is in crisis. The Vatican itself urgently needs a renewal of its morale, a cleansing of its institutions, procedures, and personnel, and a thorough reform of its finances to prepare for a more challenging future. These are not small things. They demand the presence, direct attention, and personal engagement of any new Pope.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Seventh and finally: </em>The College of Cardinals exists to provide senior counsel to the Pope</span> and to elect his successor upon his death. That service requires men of clean character, strong theological formation, mature leadership experience, and personal holiness. It also requires a Pope willing to seek advice and then to listen. It’s unclear to what degree this applies in the Pope Francis pontificate. The current pontificate has placed an emphasis on diversifying the college, but it has failed to bring cardinals together in regular consistories designed to foster genuine collegiality and trust among brothers. As a result, many of the voting electors in the next conclave will not really know each other, and thus may be more vulnerable to manipulation. In the future, if the college is to serve its purposes, the cardinals who inhabit it need more than a red zucchetto and a ring. Today’s College of Cardinals should be proactive about getting to know each other to better understand their particular views regarding the Church, their local church situations, and their personalities – which impact their consideration of the next pope.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Readers will quite reasonably ask why this text is anonymous</span>. The answer should be evident from the tenor of today’s Roman environment: Candor is not welcome, and its consequences can be unpleasant. And yet these thoughts could continue for many more paragraphs, noting especially the current pontificate’s heavy dependence on the Society of Jesus, the recent problematic work by the DDF’s Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, and the emergence of a small oligarchy of confidants with excessive influence within the Vatican – all despite synodality’s decentralizing claims, among other things.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Exactly because of these matters</span>, the cautionary reflections noted here may be useful in the months ahead. It is hoped that this contribution will help guide much needed conversations about what the Vatican should look like in the next pontificate.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Demos II</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.7rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://newdailycompass.com/en/a-profile-of-the-next-pope-writes-cardinal">https://newdailycompass.com/en/a-profile-of-the-next-pope-writes-cardinal</a></em></p></section>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-61362895576762905392024-03-02T12:00:00.009-05:002024-03-02T12:00:00.236-05:00Suddenly Cardinal Burke’s comment “I’m still alive” makes a lot more sense <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="css-175oi2r r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: inherit;">In 2014 Cardinal Pell said about Jorge Mario Bergoglio “Pope Francis is the 266th pope and history has seen 37 false or antipopes. Today we have one of the more unusual popes in history".
On the eve of the 2015 Synod on the Family Cardinal Pell presented Bergoglio with a letter signed by 13 cardinals threatening to challenge him from the synod floor if he continued with his manipulation & rigging
Jorge Bergoglio had a screaming tantrum, promising to punish Cardinal Pell
Between 2016 and 2017 Borgoglio's right hand man Cardinal Becciu sent $ millions to Australia that are unaccounted
In 2017 Cardinal Pell returned to Australia to face absurd, nonsensical sex abuse charges
In 2018 Cardinal Pell was sent to jail due to a gross miscarriage of justice
In 2020 Cardinal Pell was released from jail following a unanimous acquittal.
In 2022 Cardinal Pell issued the 'Demos' dossier cataloguing the catastrophes of the Bergoglian sham pontificate and condemning the Synod on Synodality as toxic
On the 10th January 2023 Cardinal Pell died following routine surgery</span></div></div></div><div class="css-175oi2r" style="align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div aria-labelledby="id__d37h71jsi4f id__wnxxpq6phs" class="css-175oi2r r-9aw3ui r-1s2bzr4" id="id__sde62zs8ctn" style="align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 4px; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 12px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; row-gap: 4px; z-index: 0;"><div class="css-175oi2r r-9aw3ui" style="align-items: stretch; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 4px; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 20px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: inherit;">After Cardinal Burke met with Pope Francis earlier this year he responded, after being questioned about it, “I’m still alive.” Now his comment makes </span></div><span style="color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-align: inherit;">a lot more sense.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-57134042923774599052024-03-02T07:16:00.079-05:002024-03-05T07:53:20.155-05:00FSSP required to concelebrate Novus Ordo: the full press release following meet and greet with Francis <p>The FSSP scrubbed the public version of the press release following their audience with the pope to omit his requirement for participation in the Chrism Mass. See here the version withheld from the public:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamSMGr-IieInY3sEAHBGJutUZo7AjpUBy5upqNbg9XXayOG8BJeyWQGxVfnxl3OeGsZk9ScF69FgEAutgX3fX-ipPLMJB55wb9K5ELPMgmlqDkElaEN10PydQ89jgkObMge3OsnU-8a_uQ7zLkNYAny4_H1Aa3JsYQDEKoAYcZ_ALkSvsd5CoM9aieuNw/s1409/IMG_4114.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamSMGr-IieInY3sEAHBGJutUZo7AjpUBy5upqNbg9XXayOG8BJeyWQGxVfnxl3OeGsZk9ScF69FgEAutgX3fX-ipPLMJB55wb9K5ELPMgmlqDkElaEN10PydQ89jgkObMge3OsnU-8a_uQ7zLkNYAny4_H1Aa3JsYQDEKoAYcZ_ALkSvsd5CoM9aieuNw/s320/IMG_4114.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><p>It is not a surprise, we must confess, that the FSSP is not left entirely untouched by the strictures imposed by Trad. Cust. The one area where they have been left intact following the abrogation of Sum. Pont. is the fact that they run parish churches. We have heard ad nauseam that TC is intended to completely eliminate the traditional Mass from all parish churches.</p><p>The Vatican position seems to have softened here a bit to allow “participation” other than concelebration. And, to be fair, it has become a new “tradition”, if you will, for priests to celebrate the Chrism Mass and/or Holy Thursday with their bishop. A not entirely unreasonable request. </p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16.128px;">“The Council eventually decided to extend the faculty of concelebration but limited it to Holy Thursday and the Chrism Mass, Masses celebrated in Councils, episcopal assemblies, and synods, and at the Mass of an abbot’s blessing.” (</span><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/news/french-canonist-questions-the-legality-of-mandating-priests-to-concelebrate-the-mass">https://www.ncregister.com/news/french-canonist-questions-the-legality-of-mandating-priests-to-concelebrate-the-mass</a>)</p><p>Concelebration was rather restricted prior to Vatican II, occurring only at priest ordinations and consecration of bishops. This favored the offering of more Masses, of course, with the multiplication of graces therefore. (Ibid).</p><p>Now we have swung too far in the opposite direction, with the harmful and unCatholic forbidding of individual private Masses even at Saint Peter’s in Rome. </p><p>The agenda behind the brutal enforcing of concelebration is quite transparently the effort to impose the new liturgy upon the whole Church. A rather plain confession that this complete innovation has never been accepted by everyone in the Church from the moment if its imposition by Bugnini and comrades.</p><p> But the priest can always pray with his bishop while offering a private Mass on the same day. Attending Mass “in choro” is one way of doing this. This in light of the fact that we are not aware of any current ordinaries who celebrate the traditional liturgy on Holy Thursday or for the occasion of the Chrism Mass. (A generous sign devoutly to be wished for which would make of the search for unity truly a two-way street.)</p><p>In the case of the FSSP we have the idea of preserving communion with Peter at his see in Rome in the wake of, and in reaction to, the irregular status of the SSPX. The eponymous name of the priestly fraternity is evidence of this emphasis. Communion with one’s ordinary is a non-negotiable building block of communion with the pope.</p><p>Back to the repeated admonition for concelebration of the Christ Mass, which is usually scheduled at a time and on a day in Holy Week which will not conflict with the individual priest’s liturgical Holy Week duties in the parish, typically including that of Holy Thursday.</p><p>“And what’s the big deal with one novus ordo per year?” you might ask. If the novus ordo has the capacity to replace the TLM on any occasion then it can replace the TLM not only on any occasion, but on every occasion. That is, exclusively. And thus is eliminated the engine for the restoration of full traditional Catholic life. Such a dilemma can be resolved by the priest offering his daily TLM in addition to attending the Chrism Mass and doing so “in choro”, as is always his right.</p><p>I have observed a trend on the part of some priests already for some years to attend, for example, ordination Masses for the permanent diaconate vested in surplice and seated near the concelebrating clergy to signify the sufficiency of the daily Mass they have already offered at the parish church. That, too, is a theological principle worth preserving along with unity in prayer at the cathedral with the bishop liturgically.</p><p>How communion with the pope is defined and whether that definition excludes the SSPX is another debate for another occasion. Peter’s successor should always be seen to be most generous in granting the terms of communion, in keeping with Christian charity and the mission that “all be saved”. See Benedict and union with the Anglican use right community for a good example of this.</p><p>One sign that the pope already recognizes some element of ecclesial communion with the SSPX is the granting of “permission” for any Catholic to seek out their priests for the sacrament of confession and for weddings.</p><p>The novus ordo is the flagship of the modernist agenda and already has pride of place in most parishes. However, any priests or lay faithful who elude the reach of the new Mass might slip out of the grasp of control. Effectiveness for enforcing any elements incompatible with the Tradition, generated under the “spirit of Vatican II”, will suffer. As we see, the synodal Church in which we now find ourselves is occupied nearly exclusively with imposing innovations on parish life everywhere. </p><p>The lack of full transparency on the part of the FSSP here is very revealing. Not a good look. They lack the authentic freedom of the full Catholic tradition under the modernist agents holding power within the Vatican. They remain under the thumb of the modernist regime who created them and have got their teeth in and will not let go of this “bone”. Pretending otherwise by covering the truth is a cope which does not come any closer to making reality what one wishes, as we all know.</p><p>This episode reveals once again the underlying problem: the FSSP lacks the full freedom for a life in conformity with the integral Tradition, as is the reality with the SSPX whom they were hoping to replace.</p><p>The bottom line: the principle that the integral Catholic tradition provides all we need for fruitfulness in pursuing holiness of life for the sake of eternal salvation, now as always, is non-negotiable. Papering over this fact for the sake of preserving a public relations image is unworthy and avoids the real battle we face: demanding that our bishops provide for our rights as Catholics, as is their sacred duty.</p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-24398033420041535372024-03-01T12:00:00.001-05:002024-03-01T12:00:00.255-05:00After apparent opening, Pope’s theological advisor closes door anew to Masonry<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeVA2S5Vox67rRTn-aXEWCDYK8BJ_6gPE_z6QIjfQ2nsGeWe62KOZq2pKdQmy8DFND63P9cr7UP1AZFyDvrfmV1FN2o0VzFD9zQgNF6ItsmU3OmLZzCImFsl_75piUaczzUeJQPoUQF8zf2QflTxUqgYtdH2ssbiwqZHv1wfEbErNMEwghc1TUmhhJBdf/s750/IMG_4066.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeVA2S5Vox67rRTn-aXEWCDYK8BJ_6gPE_z6QIjfQ2nsGeWe62KOZq2pKdQmy8DFND63P9cr7UP1AZFyDvrfmV1FN2o0VzFD9zQgNF6ItsmU3OmLZzCImFsl_75piUaczzUeJQPoUQF8zf2QflTxUqgYtdH2ssbiwqZHv1wfEbErNMEwghc1TUmhhJBdf/s320/IMG_4066.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="post-main-featured-image mb-6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 75ch; word-break: break-word;">ROME – Just days after a prominent cardinal called for a “permanent dialogue” with Freemasons, suggesting that “an evolution in mutual understanding” has taken place over the last half-century, a top theological advisor to Pope Francis has reiterated the fundamental incompatibility between masonry and Catholicism.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 75ch; word-break: break-word;">Bishop Antonio Staglianò, President of the Pontifical Academy of Theology, also confirmed a November 2023 Vatican ruling that Catholics who join Masonic lodges are in a state of “grave sin” and may not receive communion</p><p style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 75ch; word-break: break-word;">Within Freemasonry, plots of occult power develop which are in contradiction with Christian action,” Staglianò told Vatican Media. “In short, when we talk about irreconcilability, we are referring to profound contradictions.”</p><p style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 75ch; word-break: break-word;">The comments came in the wake of a Feb. 16 conference in Milan that brought together leaders of Italy’s major Masonic lodges and senior Catholic officials, including Archbishop Mario Delpini of Milan.</p><p style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 75ch; word-break: break-word;">More at source: <a href="https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/02/after-apparent-opening-popes-theological-advisor-closes-door-anew-to-masonry/">https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/02/after-apparent-opening-popes-theological-advisor-closes-door-anew-to-masonry/</a></p><p style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 75ch; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-20999505059917451832024-03-01T06:00:00.006-05:002024-03-01T06:00:00.130-05:00Saint Anthony in the Desert<p>Eyes on Christ</p><p>Though many beasts may surround us</p><p>In a desert</p><p>Parched</p><p>Death roaming, devouring </p><p>Our souls are untouched</p><p>Grace like armor</p><p>Protecting our desire</p><p>Love is our strength</p><p>For He is love</p><p>And they are hate.</p><p>Virtue:</p><p>Choose love.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPGvJJKDL-upBbydI2FRsda38L_o-4XJwM6gcplvUS1EPiSBB5B7iKyMJJMSWqVfwb8Mz3C2H8A3if2CudP3nUtqcJSC0pCo5ZalHFdg6traW96IhHnC2cBQgWJHqTAVbQyko7zV95j1xxyBlwD7laopvvJY5zddoLUxSB5bjf-gG-K0P2b70JHl_9W6C/s673/IMG_4067.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPGvJJKDL-upBbydI2FRsda38L_o-4XJwM6gcplvUS1EPiSBB5B7iKyMJJMSWqVfwb8Mz3C2H8A3if2CudP3nUtqcJSC0pCo5ZalHFdg6traW96IhHnC2cBQgWJHqTAVbQyko7zV95j1xxyBlwD7laopvvJY5zddoLUxSB5bjf-gG-K0P2b70JHl_9W6C/s320/IMG_4067.jpeg" width="238" /></a></div><p>Is your desert 15 minutes in a silent Church encountering anew a God you do not truly know? It’s a beginning.</p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-88393965489419872922024-02-29T12:00:00.001-05:002024-02-29T12:00:00.133-05:00Maryland March for Life on March 11<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc_-3bLATweCZKo0Ufy6wcP98Pri_KSedz4_4IDSokbKFXqojD7_Qf-Kl-5uaeFi_raIrbV0x2Z4rtDM5aQDyv5lik42VzEM7YLkgQcyIbNIHfkFvxKN6hhMfceXMlNy5Wc56G-4qVvoeyPR6OZYeOlWXFWky1lxn9PUjmejf2tBA0lhd0ZuHiDHWpVqj/s1137/IMG_4065.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1137" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTc_-3bLATweCZKo0Ufy6wcP98Pri_KSedz4_4IDSokbKFXqojD7_Qf-Kl-5uaeFi_raIrbV0x2Z4rtDM5aQDyv5lik42VzEM7YLkgQcyIbNIHfkFvxKN6hhMfceXMlNy5Wc56G-4qVvoeyPR6OZYeOlWXFWky1lxn9PUjmejf2tBA0lhd0ZuHiDHWpVqj/s320/IMG_4065.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166707017159628029.post-91659780452382851562024-02-28T12:33:00.003-05:002024-02-28T12:34:09.875-05:00“Of such are the kingdom of heaven”:A child doth not for long remain angry or remember an injury; he taketh no lustful pleasure in looking at a beautiful woman; he doth not think one thing and say another.”<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">From the Holy Gospel according to Mark</span></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: red;"><i>Mark 10:13-21</i></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: red;"><b><i>A</i></b></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">t that time: They brought young children to Jesus, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. And so on, and that which followeth.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">A Homily by St. Venerable Bede the Priest</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: red;"><i>Commentarium in Marcum 10:13-21</i></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: red;"><b><i>J</i></b></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">esus saith unto his disciples: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. It is noteworthy that he saith: Of such; not: Of these. That is, he is concerned with conduct, not with age; for the reward is promised to all such as are like unto children, not in age, but in innocence and simplicity; as saith the Apostle: Be not children in understanding; howbeit, in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. A child doth not for long remain angry or remember an injury; he taketh no lustful pleasure in looking at a beautiful woman; he doth not think one thing and say another. In like manner, ye also, unless ye have this innocence and purity of soul, cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. We are commanded to receive the kingdom of God (that is, the teaching of the Gospel) like as children, because they, when learning, do not contradict their teacher, nor adduce reasons and arguments against them, but trustingly accept what they are taught in respectful silence and obedience. And the Lord took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. He blesseth the children by taking them up in his arms, to shew that such as are poor in spirit do merit his blessing, grace, and love.</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.</span></div>Father Kevin M Cusick http://www.blogger.com/profile/04460394747724581336noreply@blogger.com0