Luca Casarini, a left-wing extremist, is under investigation for aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
In the past, Francis wrote two enthusiastic letters to him (“Luca, dear brother”; “you can always count on me”), received him personally (last time: March 2023), and made him a participant in the S[ex]-Synod.
Casarini heads the NGO Mediterranea which has brought 422 illegal immigrants to Italy. For this scope, he secretly received more than €2M (€4,900/immigrant) from the Vatican and Italian bishops who did this to flatter Francis.
He took €6K/month for himself to pay his private rent and the separation from his wife.
Among the prelates implicated in the affair are Bergoglio, Zuppi (Bologna), Lorefice (Palermo), Czerny (Vatican), Battaglia (Naples), Castellucci (Modena) and Hollerich (Luxembourg).
On November 30, LaVerita.info published embarrassing chats (2019-2021) found by the police on Casarini's mobile phone:
• Casarini calls the “Bergoglian bishops” who finance him “a**holes”…Okuninzi

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The Covid pandemic nearly ended this blog by a priest in prison. From under its wreckage came something new, but catching up and keeping up is a steep uphill climb.
November 29, 2023 by Fr Gordon MacRae
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Most of our readers know that this blog began in the summer of 2009 as These Stone Walls. I had been invited by Bill Donohue to submit an article for the monthly Catholic League journal, …Okuninzi

Under Francis there have been "several acts" that don't conform to the teaching of the Church's Magisterium "and this is a crisis," Bishop Schneider told CatholicHerald.co.uk (December 1).
He mentions Francis’ Abu Dhabi document, which wrongly claims that God positively wills non-Christian religions.
Francis is relativising moral teaching by adapting it to the immorality of the world so that the Church would become just another of the many organisations of this world.
Schneider noted that the supernatural atmosphere and beauty of the Roman Mass attracts young people, so that all over the world the Mass is packed with young families and children. Traditionis Custodes will not be able to stop the Mass, he predicts.
The removal of Bishop Strickland is for Schneider "a huge, blatant injustice". He explains that Francis wanted to silence Strickland who is a prophetic voice, an "obstacle" and an "unpleasant voice" for many in the Church.
On the other hand, Francis promotes prelates who publicly …Okuninzi

Depriving Cardinal Burke of his pension would be a flagrant violation of his rights, writes Luis Badilla on IlSismografo.
• Francis’ attempt to punish Burke is an “ugly affair” and an intolerable imitation of the way Latin American dictators deal with their opponents.
• To clean up the mess created by the news, Francis pulled a “new spokesman” out of his hat [= the Francis hagiographer Austen Iverigh].
• The People of God must accept in an act of faith what Iverigh says who has no official authority.
• The unmarried Ivereigh resigned as an adviser to Westminster Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor in 2006, after admitting to two affairs: one in 1989 which resulted in an abortion for which he paid half the cost, and a more recent one which resulted in a miscarriage (Specola, November 30).
• This episode in Francis’ tenure is “terribly sad” and “terribly worrying.”
• Badilla fears the worst of the abysses threatening the Church: to be a lawless institution.
Picture: Raymond Burke © Joseph Shaw CC …Okuninzi

The bishops of Togo have learned “with pain and indignation” of a recent video showing retired Lomé Archbishop Philippe Kpodzro, 93 (Koaci.com, November 26).
Sitting in a wheelchair in the corridor of a building alongside his personal belongings, Kpodzro says in the video:
"For some time now I have been warning you that I am in difficulty, and I have no place to stay and nothing to eat. Well today, here I am on the street, the hotel where I was temporarily staying has thrown me out".
Kpodzro left Togo shortly after the February 2020 presidential election, first for Ghana and then for Sweden. He had campaigned for the opposition.
From August 1991 to February 1994, he was president of the Togolese parliament.
#newsKfluzjknmj

Benedict XVI didn't resign in 2013 because of problems in the Church, his secretary Archbishop Gänswein told EWTN.com (November 30).
Benedict said several times, “I can go now because there is no danger for the Church (sic!). When a wolf comes, the shepherd cannot leave. There is no danger. I can [go].” According to Gänswein, Benedict has never regretted his decision.
Benedict XVI never commented on Francis’ controversial synods of bishops. Gänswein respected his silence and never asked.
When Benedict heard about Francis' Traditionis custodes, he was “very, very sad.” Gänswein told Benedict in 2021 that TC would cause many problems. Benedict replied, “I hope God will help us.”
#newsXjgdnigsrl

Francis had a telephone conversation with Israeli President Herzog in late October. The latter described his perception of the October 7 Hamas attack.
Francis replied that it is “forbidden to respond to terror with terror” (WashingtonPost.com, November 30).
Herzog protested and Francis went on to say that those responsible should be held accountable, not civilians. Herzog's spokesman declined to comment on the “private conversations.”
Picture: © Mazur, CC BY-NC-ND, #newsZkzgmgozgm

The parish of Quimper, Brittany, announced in September that the Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) would be evicted from the central church of Saint-Matthieu.
In these times of ecclesiastical ecologism, its 250 faithful (500 in summer) will have to travel 15km north-west to a less visible church, not served by public transport, on the outskirts of Quimper.
There are only 1,300 believers in Quimper (63,000 inhabitants), including Latin Mass Catholics.
The pretext for the eviction: There will be a Saturday evening Eucharist at Saint-Matthieu's – while the FSSP uses the church every day.
PaixLiturgique.org (November 30) quotes a Catholic who attends Mass and also takes part in the Eucharist, “They don't give a damn about Saint Matthieu's. Once the FSSP is gone, it will go back to the way it was before, which is to say empty and dirty.”
And: “What really annoys the parish of the centre of Quimper is that the Mass attracts young people, of whom there aren't so many anymore.”
#newsIxtmhtcgtt

The European Court of “Human Rights” (irony alert) has ruled in favour of the desecration of consecrated hosts (LeSalonBeige.fr, November 30).
It rejected an action brought by the Asociación de Abogados Cristianos, against the Spanish regime, claiming that there was nothing arbitrary in the Spanish judges' decision that the desecration did not constitute a crime.
The plaintiffs had brought a case against Abel Azcona, 35, who posed naked with 242 consecrated hosts in a disused church in Pamplona in 2015. He had picked them up at Novus Ordo Eucharists.
Azcona's performance was supported and financed by the city of Pamplona. The man has a history of mental problems, homosexual prostitution, drug use, petty crime and has been arrested several times for exhibitionism.
Much of Azcona's “work” consists of presenting himself naked and offering homosexual contact to viewers.
Unsurprisingly, the regime celebrates him as an “artist.”
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IlSismografo (November 30) commented on Francis’ undignified vendetta against Cardinal Burke.
• The “salary” that Francis will take away from Cardinal Burke is his pension (€5000-6000 + benefits).
• Francis is a resentful character (Italian: permaloso).
• He accused Burke of being “no-vax” (which wasn't true) and smiled sarcastically when Burke almost died from Covid19.
• Since he was a young seminarian, Francis has responded to perceived enemies “blow by blow”.
• Many of Bergoglio's major problems within the Jesuits stem from several such controversies.
• IlSismografo asks, “Is this conduct a way of evangelising, of spreading the good, of witnessing to mercy and fraternal correction?”
• Francis devotes a great deal of attention to the Holy See's real estate. • Housing assignments within the Vatican has become an obsession for him. • In numerous cases, Francis has personally arranged for former employees – including Gänswein – to be evicted from their homes. • Francis uses “the flat” as …Okuninzi

Francis told participants at a November 30 health care ethics seminar that he had “very acute infectious bronchitis” and had been advised not to travel to Dubai to avoid the extreme temperature changes.
He quipped, “As you can see, I am alive.” And, “Thank God it wasn't pneumonia. It is a very acute, infectious bronchitis. I no longer have a fever, but am still on antibiotics and so on.”
Despite claiming a “bacterial infection”, he continues to meet with hundreds of people. On Thursday alone, he held nine audiences.
It looks like we haven't heard the whole truth about Francis’ health yet.
Picture: Vatican Media, #newsVdsswqyrac

Cardinal Burke told WsJ.com (November 29) that he had not been informed of Francis’ intention to strip him in his old age of his apartment and salary.
“People can draw their own conclusions about why Francis told this to Austen Ivereigh and not the person concerned”, he said.
Burke intends to remain in Rome even if he is forced to find another place to live, “It’s my duty as a cardinal to remain in Rome.”
Picture: Raymond Burke © Joseph Shaw, CC BY-NC-ND, #newsMqvgnxhphp