Homosexuality is indeed emerging as an obvious issue with the most senior levels of the "Synodal Church". None of us should be so proud to look down on them but we are obliged not to look up to them. Pray for them but cling with all your might to the Apostolic Church.
The Vatican’s Synod Secretariat published on November 17 an Interim Report (28 pages) on its ten study groups. It is essentially a progress update toward a final report expected by December 31, 2025. “A special word must be reserved for the question of women's access to the diaconate,” the Interim Report notes, adding that the final document will address “the specific theme of the participation of women in the life and leadership of the Church.” On homosexuality, the Interim Report states: “Some emerging issues (which we find more appropriate to designate thus rather than as controversial) will be addressed in a manner that offers an operational dimension to the proposals advanced.” The Synodal “Paradigm Shift”: Subjectivity of Sinner The document proposes a "principle of pastorality" as "an interpretive horizon to express this paradigm shift (also in relation to the love/truth relationship).” It calls for a “mutual interaction between life (of the believer) and doctrine” and …More
Correction: We can only call God our Father through our Lord Jesus. By today standards, even King David would've been called cruel... Look how churches are constantly bombarded with gay promotion and the PR on how merciful one might be due to the "welcoming" of sodomy... BUT it doesn’t stops there, how the mass keeps accepting abuses with compromises, how silence falls with the constant anhilation of the faith in "democratic" societies is constant, look how Canada has allowed more churches to burn than most african countries, the Philippines, a bastion of the novus ordo, a "catholic" priest dream has allowed blessing of gay couples... People should open their eyes about the times we are living in.
In the linked article, the author voices the demand of the Synodal women, "We want to be treated as equals not only theoretically, in dignity, but also in church ministry." As I tell my three year old granddaughter when she wants something impossible, I am glad you know what you want. Your next question should be "What is good?" Later in the article, the author notes, "Who but women are blessed with the natural gifts of birthing, feeding, nurturing and teaching?". Yes, indeed, women are particularly blessed with gifts no man has. That aids their station in life. For reasons we don't fully understand, God made men different and gave men and women roles consistent with each's abilities. The essence of Catholicism is "servium", surrendering to the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. That includes the traditions we don't understand and even what you don't want. The potential of women's consecrated life as a sacrament equal to holy orders
At what point do the faithful say, “ENOUGH”! Of course having an impact on world affairs or politics would be expensive. In the case of the Church, it is cheap. A short (one page or less) anonymous letter indicating one or two, a most, acts which are beyond the pale and that you are withholding donations until this nonsense stops. Then, don’t give. The secret is that the fixed costs for any church are high. Even a modest reduction in donations will be sorely felt, and quickly. Get with it people, ENOUGH!
Thu Jan 11, 2024 - 9:04 pm ESTFri Jan 12, 2024 - 10:36 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — Multiple Illinois bishops are forbidding parishes from hosting drives to sign a petition for a state ballot advisory question aimed at legally requiring parental consent for medical interventions such as abortions and “sex changes” for minors. Along with prohibiting Catholic church-based drives for the petition, the Dioceses of Rockford and Joliet have instructed pastors not to send out mass emails to parishioners about the petition or the group promoting it, the Parents Matter Coalition (PMC). The petition seeks to place on the November 2024 ballot the following advisory question: “Shall the written consent from a minor’s parent or guardian be required before any entity, person, clinic or school can provide a minor (under the age of 18 years) any non-emergency medical procedure, medication, pharmaceutical, or any gender modification procedure, gender identification counseling or gender therapy?” Aside …
Cardinal Fernandez, along with many of the prelates of the church, need to hear and heed the words of Saint Alfonso de Ligouri. Their eternity is at stake.
This very principle pronounced by Müller should now be applied backwards. Not only the current pontiff cannot revise Apostolic Tradition, but neither can any prior pope, nor the Synod on Synodality, nor any synod, council, pope or bishop. Debating if Francis “is” pope has its place, but irrespective of his status, no pope can revise (“develop”) Apostolic Tradition. His actions and pronouncements, wherever they add to or change the Apostolic Tradition, are simply null and void. This was the bridge too far. I suspect it was pushed because of Francis’ ill health. They couldn’t wait for the Synod on Synodality to authorize the local synods to decide. So, they watered it down to a private, informal, nothing to see here, mere pastoral blessing. But like a single drop of poison in the punch, even weak bishops who went along with all of the nonsense from Rome for years, could not stomach blessing sodomy. No amount of word games could change what it really was. These are people who have been …More
Cardinal Muller, speak it loudly, strongly and faithfully.... "this individual dressed in white" making up his own 'pacha-gospel' with the left hand of that friend of his, pacha-Tucho.... IS NOT A POPE - especially of the Catholic Church! Until all Cardinals remain silent...there will be a continuation and fortification of this 'end of the earth' (near hell) anti-papacy, pacha-papacy, anti-Catholicism!!
Francis will not live to close the Synod. This is an extreme reversal from the process of letting the Synod on Synodality free local synods decide such things. But his discussion of his funeral and putting the blessing of Sodomy before the Synod closes is a clear sign that Francis does not expect to live more than a few months. He wanted to repay the Sodomy lobby for all their support before he goes. But this was too soon. Without the mask of Synodality, the “Synodal Church” will split from the Catholic Church, bishop by bishop. As the Synodal Church dies, the Catholic Church will heal, slowly flushing out accumulated modernism. Becoming Apostolic again. Or so I think.
Francis' lapdog, Tucho Fernández, published on 18 December a statement on the "Pastoral Significance of Blessings" co-signed by Francis. Tucho has been accused by Argentinean Sister Lucía Caram of being a practising homosexual. He claims to be offering a "broadening and enrichment" of the "Catholic" understanding of the blessings. However, he instead presents an absurdity that he sarcastically calls "a real development". To deceive his audience, he first copied a few lines from the Catechism. Fernández correctly states that all sexual relations find their natural, proper and fully human meaning only in a marriage between a man and a woman, open to the procreation of children. "The Church's teaching on this point remains firm," he says. Nevertheless, he suggests that a liturgical rite of homosexual "blessing" - the "blessing" of mortal sin - is possible. It should just not contradict the aforementioned truth or create confusion, what is precisely the case. Tucho believes that the Church …More
When Paul wrote, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema,” he was admitting that he battled against principalities and powers and it was only the grace of God which preserved him, and it was not impossible that God’s permissive will may allow him to fall. A valid Pope is not some magical creature, above humanity and, apparently, above sanctity. This pope stands against the Gospel of of Paul. We must treat him with kindness, for he is in desperate need of our prayers, but show no respect for any of his pronouncements which contradict Paul. Paul made no provision for an “invalid Paul.” It didn’t matter to Paul and it should not matter to us. We cling to the Apostolic Tradition because our lives depend on it. We defend it against all who would distort it, no matter the “validity” of their role.
The foundation of the Synodal Church is that our problems today are not only different than the problems in the past, but incomparable with the problems of the past. Yet every evidence we have is that the tools are different but the problems the same. People are fallen. Some sell sub-standard goods. Some write overly long complaint letters. We still have “Lovers of themselves, covetous, haughty, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness, traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasures more than of God. The problems haven’t changed and neither has the solution, for He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
If it has not been clear lo these many years that the "Synodal Church" (variously called, "Church of the New Advent", "The Vatican II Church") has nothing in common with the One Catholic and Apostolic Church, it is clear now. The essence of the Apostolic Church is that there are truths which are immutable which are revealed either through the Apostles and/or through creation itself. To make either type of truth subject to the "modern thought" is to lack the understanding of revelation and of reality. Such people should be pitied, helped if possible, otherwise ignored. That statement specifically avoids saying that Francis is not Pope. It seems that such a legal determination is not in any of our capacities. However, we are instructed by Paul the Apostle, "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema." Note that is making it clear that the role, rank, reputation or history of the person does not change the …More
Vatican says Transgender people can be Baptized Vatican says transgender people can be baptized (nbcnews.com) Transgender people can be baptised and be godparents. The Vatican said Wednesday that transgender people can receive baptisms, expanding the Catholic Church’s acceptance of LGBTQ members. crackittimes
The crucial change was not who could be baptized but who can be a godparent. The role of godparent is to assist in the brining up of the baptized in the faith. One needs to have the faith in order to support another in the faith. Having the faith includes the humility to accept God’s will in spite of your feelings and desires. Gender ideology directly contradicts that foundational principle.
Anyone, who is not already baptized, can be baptized. But, if they have not truly renounced Satan, and all his works, and all his pomps, they do not receive sanctifying grace at the time of Baptism. They sin gravely by being baptized, in fact. They receive the baptismal character, no matter what, if they have been validly baptized, though.
“Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color.” This is an exceedingly misleading headline. It is read as if 94% of the jobs went to Blacks, Hispanics, etc. - There are 164 million jobs in the US. - During 2021, there was a 0.2% increase in jobs (300K). Pretty lousy results for an economy which journalists tell us is not in a recession. - Of the 8 million job openings in the US, 7.7 million were to replace retirees or people who quit. 300,000 were “new jobs.” - The increase in employment by “persons of color,” a lot of those being the Asians, Indians major tech firms are importing, was about 282,000. No actual measure is made of how many of those people took “old jobs” vs. “new jobs.” - So this is a case of journalistic malpractice.
Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color. Companies becoming increasingly raciest towards white people. Blacks being given leadership roles in companies for just being black.
Just the posting of this in secular media shows they are pushing for this. I have worked many jobs where I have seen black people being hired just because they were black. I had my life threated on the job by a black man and no one did anything about it even though he took out a knife. I was also slapped in the face by a black woman for saying she was lazy. I got a black eye and was told I was raciest for singling her out. There is defiantly a spirit of hate towards whites in this country and this article shows you a little of that. One would have to be blind not to see the hatred of whites in this country. My wife is Asian and we once worked in the same building. The minorities would approach her not knowing she was married to a white man telling her how evil white men are. I pray this hatred stops but unfortunately I see it getting worse in our society.
Perhaps I am getting prickly with age, but I wholeheartedly resent being relegated to being a person of 'non-color' because my pigment doesn't meet the 'current fashion'. I am heartsick that we haven't gotten over our obsession with hues.
It seems a tremendous amount of thought, effort and prayer has gone into “if” Francis is Pope. It is a fair question but perhaps there is a different approach. Aquinas notes that one legitimately disobeys a superior of that superior is giving instructions outside his area of authority. The Pope’s purpose and authority is to preserve and defend the deposit of faith which has been passed down from the Apostles. If the Pope gives advice on hygiene or auto speed limits, we would know, regardless of the “faith words” used in the presentation, that he speaks with no authority at all. By the same token, if a Pope’s words seek to change or expose the faith passed down from the Apostles to danger, we would also know to ignore him. It is no more disrespectful to the Pope to ignore the suggestion that what Peter and Paul taught was wrong than to ignore his advice on shampoo or skin cream. To formulate a Synodal Church, that is, one which gives authority to local synods to revise the deposit of …More
The 'Bergoglio problem' exists, and it is an increasingly evident and devastating problem for the entire Catholic Church.
A pope is best identified by his complete commitment to Church doctrine, teaching, and the example of his predecessors who have done likewise. Bergoglio doesn't meet that simple, but requisite, criteria.
This is a great response, and I've read that millions of faithful Catholics, and even priests,religious, bishops and even Cardinals, are doing just this...ignoring Pope Francis and his trying to build another form of Church. He is an apostate and heretic, in love with homosexuality. Most of his associates are either pro-homo, or openly homo themselves, or "outed" as homo (Tucho Fernandez). We owe them nothing.
Canada is due to legalize euthanasia for people addicted to drugs next year in a move activists are comparing to 'eugenics'. When the country's law around medically assisted dying (MAID) changes in March 2024, mental health patients, including those with substance abuse issues, with no physical ailments will be able to seek assisted suicide. A special parliamentary committee in the coming months is due to re-scrutinize the move ahead of the rollout, following differing opinions between political parties in Canada. More than 10,000 Canadians were euthanized in 2021, a tenfold increase over 2016 when the practice was legalized. Some cases have involved people experiencing poverty wanting to die. Copy link to paste in your message MAID became legal in Canada in 2016. Since then, the rules around who is eligible have been relaxed several times - and rates have increased tenfold to around 10,000 cases in 2021 The process for an assisted death in Canada starts with downloading a form online. …
The stained glass had historically lifted our souls to heaven and our minds to the saints. The Synodal Church lowers our minds to the worst of Earth and our souls to conflict. How much more obvious can they make it?