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| The Catholic Trumpet: Bishop Ballini Rejects Bishop Williamson's Errors |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-28-2024, 08:24 AM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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BREAKING: Bishop Ballini Rejects Bishop Williamson's Errors
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The Catholic Trumpet | November 27, 2024
Deo gratias! Today, we share an important moment for the Catholic resistance. In his sermon titled “Saving Souls in Wartime,” Father Hewko recounted his recent visit to Derry, Northern Ireland, where he met with Bishop Giacomo Ballini. This meeting, part of Father Hewko’s pastoral travels through England, Ireland, and Wales, yielded significant clarifications on critical issues affecting the faithful. Father Hewko emphasized that Bishop Ballini explicitly granted him permission to share the content of their discussions, as well as excerpts from a detailed 14-page letter addressing doctrinal concerns.
Editors Note: In an ironic twist, while reporting a rejection of errors, we may have committed one ourselves. The title has been revised to "rejects" rather than "condemns" to better reflect Bishop Ballini’s rejection of Bishop Williamson’s errors, as relayed by Father Hewko. This adjustment ensures accuracy while honoring Bishop Ballini’s alignment with Archbishop Lefebvre’s principles. We pray for a formal condemnation of these errors—and for Bishop Williamson to fully return to the uncompromising defense of the faith he once so boldly championed.
This article summarizes Bishop Ballini’s refutations of the key errors propagated by Bishop Williamson. The full sermon can be viewed here. More content from this powerful sermon will be released on The Trumpet blog, along with the full word-for-word transcript to be posted later this week on ☩PRAEDICATIO☩.
Bishop Ballini’s Key Refutations
1. The New Mass is Intrinsically Evil
Bishop Ballini firmly rejected Bishop Williamson’s claims about the New Mass, stating it is intrinsically evil and cannot pass grace. He affirmed Archbishop Lefebvre’s teaching that the New Mass is a doctrinal attack on Christ’s sacrifice and the priesthood.
“If one is not poisoned by the New Mass, this is simply because God performs a miracle by preventing the normal effect of the New Mass to take place, which is to poison the faith.”
– Bishop Ballini
2. Condemnation of Eucharistic Miracles in the New Mass
Bishop Ballini warned against promoting alleged Eucharistic miracles from the Novus Ordo, emphasizing that only the Church, through its lawful authority, can determine if a phenomenon is a true miracle. He criticized reliance on scientific evidence alone, noting the potential for deception and error.
“No doctor or scientist is going to tell a Catholic that this fact or event is a miracle... Only the Church, through its lawful authority, can declare it so.”
– Bishop Ballini
3. Maria Valtorta’s Writings on the Index of Forbidden Books
Bishop Ballini condemned the promotion of Maria Valtorta’s writings, which were placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Holy Office in 1948. He noted that Archbishop Lefebvre himself cautioned against such writings due to their overly humanized portrayal of Christ’s life.
“My personal opinion on the matter is that having this book being put on the Index, we should not promote it in any way.”
– Bishop Ballini
4. The Necessity of Structure and Seminaries
Contrary to Bishop Williamson’s assertion that “this is not the time for structure and organization,” Bishop Ballini emphasized the importance of seminaries and priestly formation. He aligned with Archbishop Lefebvre’s understanding that the preservation of the priesthood and Mass requires concrete efforts.
“Everything should be done to continue the holy priesthood and ordain ministers for the celebration of the true Mass.”
– Bishop Ballini
Bishop Ballini’s clarifications demonstrate his agreement with key elements of Archbishop Lefebvre’s stance on the New Mass, the priesthood, and the importance of adhering to Church teaching. His rejection of the errors propagated by Bishop Williamson provides important guidance for traditional Catholics as they navigate the current crisis. While some elements of his approach may differ, his principles align closely with the spirit of Archbishop Lefebvre’s fight for the preservation of tradition.
More content from this sermon will be released on The Trumpet blog this week, along with the full transcript of Father Hewko’s powerful sermon. Stay updated at The Trumpet.
Let us pray for Father Hewko, Bishop Ballini, and Bishop Williamson, that they may remain steadfast in their fight for tradition and the faith.
-The ☩ Trumpet
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| Pope Francis says Synod’s final doc part of his Magisterium, asks ‘that it be accepted’ |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-26-2024, 05:59 AM - Forum: Pope Francis
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Pope Francis says Synod’s final doc part of his Magisterium, asks ‘that it be accepted’
While saying that the document would need 'several mediations,' Pope Francis stipulated that local 'Churches and groupings of Churches are now called upon to implement, in their different contexts, the authoritative instructions contained in the Document.'
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Nov 25, 2024
(LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis wants the Synod’s final document to be accepted as part of the Magisterium of the Church
This morning Pope Francis released a formal “Note” to accompany his “Final Document of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops,” that is, the final document for the Synod on Synodality, which included a significant number of non-bishops.
In his “Note,” the Pope asked that the content of this “Final Document” be accepted as part of his Magisterium, that is, his authoritative teaching as the Successor of Peter, the earthly head of the Christian Church—or, as Pope Francis described himself, the “Bishop of Rome.”
In the Italian original, Pope Francis praised the years of meetings that took place before the Synod, saying that they included “listening to the People of God and the discernment of the Pastors.” He also stated that the Church was “illuminated by the Holy Spirit” during the process.
“Recognizing the value of the synodal journey completed, I now hand over to the whole Church the directions contained in the Final Document, as a return of what has matured over these years, through listening and discernment, and as authoritative guidance for its life and mission,” he added.
“The Final Document participates in the ordinary Magisterium of the Successor of Peter (cf. EC 18 § 1; CCC 892) and as such I ask that it be accepted. It represents a form of exercising the authentic teaching of the Bishop of Rome that has novel features but in fact corresponds to what I had occasion to point out on October 17, 2015, when I stated that synodality is the proper interpretive framework for understanding hierarchical ministry.”
While saying that the document would need “several mediations,” Francis stipulated that “[l]ocal Churches and groupings of Churches are now called upon to implement, in their different contexts, the authoritative instructions contained in the Document, through the processes of discernment and decision-making envisaged by law and by the Document itself.”
This story is developing ….
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| If We Want to Promote the Kingship of Christ, We Must Dethrone False Ecumenism |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-26-2024, 05:54 AM - Forum: Articles by Catholic authors
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If We Want to Promote the Kingship of Christ, We Must Dethrone False Ecumenism
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Robert Morrison - Remnant Columnist | November 22, 2024
No rational observer familiar with Vatican II or its implementation can truthfully deny that the Council’s ecumenical movement was condemned by Pius XII and his predecessors.
“If they elect Roncalli, everything would be saved; he would be capable of calling a council and of consecrating ecumenism.” (Dom Lambert Beaudin, quoted in Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s They Have Uncrowned Him, p. 160)
Pope Pius XII’s 1950 encyclical “concerning some false opinions threatening to undermine the foundations of Catholic doctrine,” Humani Generis, was the last forceful condemnation of anti-Catholic errors prior to Vatican II. In it, he specifically denounced errors that have been largely unopposed, and even promoted, by the apparent Catholic hierarchy since the Council. Critically, the entire ecumenical movement propelled by John XXIII and his Council constitutes a direct repudiation of these words from Humani Generis:
“Some say they are not bound by the doctrine, explained in Our Encyclical Letter of a few years ago, and based on the Sources of Revelation, which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing. Some reduce to a meaningless formula the necessity of belonging to the true Church in order to gain eternal salvation.”
In the name of achieving Christian unity, John XXIII, Cardinal Augustin Bea, and the Council’s other progressive innovators sought ways to undermine this fundamental truth defended by Pius XII. Whereas the Church has always taught that true Christian unity can occur only through a process of non-Catholics becoming Catholic, Vatican II’s innovators sought to pave the way for the borders between Catholicism and Protestantism to seemingly blur and ultimately vanish. As discussed in a previous article, Francis’s Synod on Synodality has essentially achieved this wicked goal by creating the new “Synodal Church,” which is simply Protestantism in union with a “Bishop of Rome.”
Although the existence of the Synodal Church truly represents a new level of wickedness, it should also lead us to reflect on the evils of false ecumenism upon which it depends. No rational observer familiar with Vatican II or its implementation can truthfully deny that the Council’s ecumenical movement was condemned by Pius XII and his predecessors. Moreover, as we can see so clearly with Francis’s Synodal Church, many of the most important initiatives undertaken by Rome in the past sixty years have had the primary purpose of furthering false ecumenism, including:
- Most obviously, the interreligious prayer gatherings initiated by John Paul II’s Prayer Meeting at Assisi
- The promulgation of the Novus Ordo Mass, which omitted almost everything that makes the Traditional Latin Mass objectionable to Protestants
- Increased roles for the laity, and a corresponding subordination of the clergy, to better reflect Protestant practices
- A diminished role of the papacy, seen most clearly in the recent “Bishop of Rome” document
- A deceptive attempt to water down Catholic teaching so that it no longer presents a serious obstacle to Protestants, although in reality Catholic teaching cannot evolve in that way
In one way or another, almost every unholy development from Rome since the Council has contributed to the advancement of false ecumenism.
Perhaps because false ecumenism has proliferated for the past sixty years, many serious Catholics no longer object to its manifestations. Thus, many Catholics who would argue that Francis is an antipope, or at least the worst pope in history, generally do not complain about the ecumenical prayer gatherings we see from Francis. Likewise, relatively few of Francis’s most vocal opponents appear to have taken issue with the Bishop of Rome document, which clearly highlights the influence of John Paul II in asking non-Catholics to help Catholics reach a new understanding of the papacy:
Quote:“Saint John Paul II not only reaffirmed this ecumenical path but also officially invited other Christians to reflect on the exercise of the ministry of the Bishop of Rome. In his milestone encyclical letter Ut unum sint (1995) he used the biblical notion of ‘episkopein’ (‘keeping watch’) to describe this ministry (UUS 94), whose primacy is defined as a ministry of unity (UUS 89) and a service of love (UUS 95). Assuming his particular ecumenical responsibility, and ‘heeding the request made of [him],’ Pope John Paul II recognized the need ‘to find a way of exercising the primacy which, while in no way renouncing what is essential to its mission, is nonetheless open to a new situation’ (UUS 95).”
This passage from the Bishop of Rome document helps us understand why those who decry Francis’s heresies can nonetheless remain silent on false ecumenism: they cannot criticize false ecumenism without also calling into question the initiatives of Francis’s predecessors.
Unfortunately, we can have no realistic hope of counteracting those trying to destroy the Catholic Church from within unless we uproot false ecumenism and reassert the Catholic teaching defended by Pius XII and his predecessors. As Fr. Dominique Bourmaud wrote in his One Hundred Years of Modernism, false ecumenism has been the convergence point for the greatest evils afflicting the Church, including Modernism, religious liberty, and the refusal to accept the authority of Jesus Christ and His Church:
Quote:“Of all the topics treated at the Council, that of ecumenism certainly best reveals the affinity and the unity of thought between the Council and the modernists. In fact, the periti who directed the Council are the same men who were targeted and exiled for their modernist ideas fifteen years earlier. It should come as no surprise that the ecumenism advocated and put into practice at the Council should be of modernist inspiration. Ecumenical unity cannot arise from the truth of facts and realities, and so poses a theoretically insoluble problem, to be resolved only in practice. Accordingly, the only solution can be to sacrifice truth and the principle of non-contradiction in the name of an artificial unity maintained by equivocation. To promote ecumenism means signing a treaty of non-aggression, granting all religions citizenship in the great pantheon of creeds. The only commandment is the exclusion of exclusivity: freedom for all in all things, except for those who believe in the truth. The Catholic Church herself is warmly invited to take her place in the assembly, on the condition that she abdicate her pretension to a monopoly of holiness, truth, and unity. The logical consequence of conciliar ecumenism is religious liberty. Religious liberty is the public denial of the distinction between good and evil, between true and false. Religious liberty is the refusal to accept Jesus Christ and His Church as supreme authorities over man. It is the practical affirmation of the egological, modernist conscience, independent of all exterior rule of action or thought. It is the affirmation of liberty as the principle and the sovereign right of man, transcending God and His laws.”
Because the ecumenical innovators refuse to abide by the Church’s teaching that unity can occur through a process of non-Catholics becoming Catholic, they must “sacrifice truth and the principle of non-contradiction in the name of an artificial unity maintained by equivocation.”
The entire ecumenical movement depends upon this assault upon reason and Catholic truth. As such, those who try to oppose Francis and his fellow destroyers, while simultaneously adhering to the principles of false ecumenism, deprive themselves of the only weapon capable of overcoming our enemies: unadulterated Catholic truth. It is, in other words, a futile exercise to insist that Francis must stop promoting heretical nonsense while we turn a blind eye to the heretical nonsense upon which he depends to promote much of his heretical agenda, namely false ecumenism.
To put a finer point on the issue, we can look to some of the infallible teachings of the Catholic Church that are undermined by the false ecumenism that Vatican II promoted (long before most of us had heard of Jorge Bergoglio). Dr. Ludwig Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma lists the following infallible truths (among others) which are directly opposed to false ecumenism, because that baneful error encourages non-Catholics to remain outside of the Catholic Church and the sacraments (other than Baptism) which it alone can provide, especially Confession:
- Membership of the Church is necessary for all men for salvation. (De fide.)
- The Sacraments of the New Covenant are necessary for the salvation of mankind. (De fide.)
- The justified person is not able for his whole life long to avoid all sins, even venial sins, without the special privilege of the grace of God. (De fide.)
- The grace by which we are Justified may be lost, and is lost by every grievous sin. (De fide.)
Any Catholic who seriously attempts to persevere in the state of sanctifying grace knows how absolutely malicious it is for the ostensible authorities of the Catholic Church to even remotely suggest to non-Catholics that they do not need to convert to Catholicism. If we truly love our neighbor, we necessarily want him to have the truths and graces which the Catholic Church offers. If this is not the case, we do not truly love our neighbors.
Turning to the promotion of the Kingship of Christ. Our Lord became man and died for our sins so that we can honor God and save our souls. He also established the Catholic Church, providing it with His truth and the sacraments we need to save our souls and honor God. False ecumenism asserts that men do not need to make use of the Catholic Church — they can remain in their non-Catholic religions that Our Lord did not establish. In this way, false ecumenism constitutes an unmistakable assault on the Kingship of Christ. With false ecumenism, Our Lord becomes merely an advisor, with no real authority to command.
What can be done? We can simply insist on the truths taught by Pope Pius XII and his predecessors in opposition to the false ecumenism that has proliferated since Vatican II. If we insist that false ecumenism is a damnable lie that has only served to lead souls away from the Catholic Church, then we will no longer agree to accept “Christian unity” as the purported justification for essentially all of the disastrous initiatives carried out in the name of the Vatican II revolution. When that happens, we can promote the Kingship of Christ with the full truth that Our Lord has left His Catholic Church, without having to agree to the terms of our enemies who seek only to crown Him with thorns. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
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| The Simulacrum: The False Choice of Modernism and Sedevacantism |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-25-2024, 06:36 PM - Forum: Sedevacantism
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The Simulacrum: The False Choice of Modernism and Sedevacantism
The Catholic Trumpet | November 25, 2024
In these unparalleled times of crisis, faithful Catholics are faced with two opposing temptations: blind obedience to modernist Rome and the error of sedevacantism. Both distort the truth and undermine the indefectibility of the Church, creating what can only be described as a simulacrum—a counterfeit reality, carefully crafted to lead souls astray.
Recently, The Catholic Trumpet was addressed in a post from a sedevacantist website, Questions for The Catholic Trumpet, which posed critical questions about our stance:
Quote:“Only the Church, through her divine authority, can judge a pope in matters of heresy, and this occurs only after his death.”
The questions raised include:
1. Why can’t a layman judge, in conscience, a putative pope guilty of the sin of (public) heresy before an official judgment of the Church?
2. If a putative pope is suspect of heresy, why does the Church have to wait until after his death to judge him guilty of heresy?
We appreciate the opportunity to clarify our position and to reaffirm the Church’s timeless teachings. These questions, while seemingly simple, expose the confusion born from the two false extremes of modernism and sedevacantism, both of which obscure the perennial truths of the Faith.
The Catholic Church remains the Mystical Body of Christ, guided by the Holy Ghost, and her indefectibility ensures that she will never fail, even amidst the gravest of crises. Our response to these errors is neither a synthesis nor a reaction but a defense of the perennial teaching of the Catholic Church as handed down through Sacred Tradition.
Clarifications on Judging a Pope and the Role of the Faithful
1. Why the Church Alone Can Judge a Pope
The authority to judge a pope resides solely with the Church, as established by Christ in His divine constitution of the hierarchy. Private individuals, while able to observe contradictions in a pope’s actions or teachings, lack the authority to declare him a formal heretic or depose him. This principle protects the Church’s unity and visibility, as declared infallibly at Vatican I.
+Archbishop Lefebvre emphasized this when addressing the complexities of papal authority:
Quote:“The visibility of the Church is too necessary to its existence for it to be possible that God would allow that visibility to disappear for decades.” (The New Mass and the Pope, 1979)
The example of Pope Honorius I reaffirms this principle: though his writings were later condemned, the Church waited until after his death to issue her judgment. This prudence preserved the Church’s hierarchical structure and prevented destabilization.
2. Sedevacantism: A Hegelian Trap
Sedevacantism, while rejecting modernist obedience, falls into the opposite error of denying the visible authority of the Church entirely. It creates a false dialectic: either accept a heretical pope or deny the existence of the papacy altogether. This false dichotomy undermines the promises of Christ, who assured us, “The gates of hell shall not prevail against [the Church]” (Matt. 16:18).
+Archbishop Lefebvre warned against this extreme, calling it "a complete mess":
Quote:“The solution of sedevacantism is not a solution... We must keep a little the solution of common sense... to recognize that there is a successor on the throne of Peter, and that it is necessary to strongly oppose him, because of the errors he spreads.” (Conference, 1989)
While we sympathize with those who have fallen into this error out of zeal for the Faith, we must firmly reject it as incompatible with Catholic teaching. Both modernism and sedevacantism undermine the unity and indefectibility of the Church, albeit in different ways. Modernism distorts doctrine to accommodate novelty, while sedevacantism abandons the Church’s visible structure to safeguard perceived doctrinal purity. Both lead to schism and confusion, contrary to Christ’s design for His Church.
Archbishop Lefebvre exposed this simulacrum when he observed:
Quote:“Either we endorse the revolution in the Church, and participate in the destruction of the Church, or we leave the Church completely and find ourselves where? Who with? What with? How would we be linked to the apostles?”
(Conference, Econe, 1984)
True fidelity lies in adhering to the Faith as handed down by the Apostles, rejecting error without abandoning the visible Church. This is not a middle ground or synthesis but the consistent teaching of Catholic Tradition.
The Simulacrum of the Eclipse Church
The false dichotomy of modernism and sedevacantism forms a simulacrum, a counterfeit Church that exists within the eclipse described by Our Lady of La Salette. This diabolical ring encircles the visible Church, obscuring her from the faithful while ensnaring souls in errors of disobedience and despair.
+Archbishop Lefebvre captured the essence of this counterfeit:
Quote:“We remain as we are now, we want to keep Tradition. But neither do we want to separate ourselves completely from the Pope, saying, ‘There is no longer a pope, there is no longer anything, there is no more authority.’ That solution doesn’t work either.” (Conference, 1984)
The simulacrum thrives on division, presenting Catholics with false choices that lead away from the perennial Faith. Recognizing and rejecting this counterfeit is essential for fidelity to Christ and His Church.
Reject the Counterfeit
To those ensnared by dogmatic sedevacantism, we call you back to the visible Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, which remains indefectible and cannot be eclipsed by error. Reject the false claim that the Chair of Peter has been abandoned, and return to the one true Ark of Salvation.
To those who blindly adhere to modernist Rome, we admonish you to reject the errors and heresies of Vatican II and its counterfeit church, which promotes novelty and compromise under the guise of continuity. Stop perpetuating the eclipse of the true Church by clinging to modernism, which distorts the Faith and undermines Tradition.
Both dogmatic sedevacantism and modernism represent false positions within the simulacrum of the Church’s eclipse. True fidelity requires breaking free from this counterfeit reality, neither denying the visible authority of the Church nor succumbing to heretical novelties. Trust in the promises of Christ, the triumph of the Immaculate Heart, and the divine restoration that will come through the Angelic Pontiff.
Let us reject all errors, resist modernist compromises, and remain faithful to the Church of all ages, confident that Christ will guide His Bride through this time of trial. May the Immaculate Heart of Mary intercede for us, and may her promised triumph restore all things in Christ.
Vive le Christ Roi!
The Catholic Trumpet
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| The Catholic Trumpet: When the Angelic Pontiff Speaks: Will You Recognize His Voice? |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-23-2024, 07:06 AM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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When the Angelic Pontiff Speaks: Will You Recognize His Voice?
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The Catholic☩Trumpet [slightly adapted] | November 22, 2024
How do you think the Angelic Pontiff will sound when he comes to restore the Church in her darkest hour? Will his voice tremble with uncertainty or resound with clarity and power, condemning the errors that have ravaged the Bride of Christ—Vatican II, the Novus Ordo, and the compromises with modernism?
At The Catholic Trumpet, in the most loving spirit and with fidelity to Tradition, we have decided to try. What follows is a reflection on what we believe he may say, drawn from the eternal truths of the Faith and the uncompromising witness of Tradition.
-The☩Trumpet
Apostolic Declaration of Condemnation Against the Errors of Our Time
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
We, Pius XIII, Servant of the Servants of God, by the divine authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ entrusted to the Papal Office, do solemnly and infallibly declare the following:
With the sorrow of a father witnessing the destruction of his household, We condemn the Second Vatican Council, which, through its ambiguities and novel doctrines, represents a rupture with the Sacred Tradition of the Holy Roman Church. Under the guise of "renewal," this Council introduced grave errors, including:
Religious Liberty, which falsely teaches that all religions possess a right to public expression, contrary to the perennial teaching of the Church, which proclaims that only the Catholic Faith is the true religion.
Ecumenism, which denies the uniqueness of the Catholic Church as the sole Ark of Salvation, placing her on equal footing with heretical sects and false religions.
Collegiality, which undermines the divinely instituted primacy of the Roman Pontiff, fostering confusion and division within the Church.
These errors, compounded by deliberate ambiguities, have led to an unprecedented crisis of faith, resulting in indifferentism, apostasy, and a rejection of the Church’s divine mission to convert all nations.
Let no faithful Catholic regard this Council as a legitimate expression of the magisterium. It is a counterfeit council, poisoned by modernism and condemned by its fruits. To remain silent or complicit in its errors is to betray Christ Himself.
II. On the Novus Ordo Missae: The Fabricated Rite
We solemnly and infallibly condemn the Novus Ordo Missae, which constitutes a rupture from the Roman Rite codified by the saints and preserved through the ages. Fabricated by a committee influenced by Protestant observers, it was imposed upon the faithful without precedent in the Church’s history.
This so-called “Ordinary Form” undermines the theology of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, obscuring its sacrificial and propitiatory nature. It has fostered irreverence, sacrilege, and a catastrophic decline in belief in the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Such a liturgical innovation, alien to the sacred patrimony of the Church, stands as a counterfeit offering unworthy of the One True God. It must be rejected entirely by all who seek to remain faithful to the Catholic Faith handed down from the apostles.
Let no one be deceived: the Novus Ordo Missae is not a development of the Roman Rite but a rupture from it. It undermines the Catholic Faith and must be rejected in its entirety. To those faithful still clinging to this rite out of ignorance or misplaced obedience, We exhort you to return to the Mass of your forefathers—the Holy Sacrifice codified by St. Pius V—which nourished the saints and safeguarded the Faith.
III. On the Heresies of the Conciliar Popes
We condemn, with the fullness of Our Apostolic authority, the errors and heresies propagated by the Conciliar Popes:
John XXIII, who opened the Church to the destructive winds of modernism by calling the Second Vatican Council and promoting a false optimism detached from the reality of sin and error.
Paul VI, who inflicted the Novus Ordo Missae upon the Church, abrogated her sacred rites, and allowed heresies to flourish unchecked.
John Paul II, who scandalized the faithful with his pan-religious gatherings at Assisi, his veneration of false religions, and his ambiguous teachings that undermined the exclusivity of salvation in Christ.
Benedict XVI, who perpetuated the errors of Vatican II by promoting its "hermeneutic of continuity," thus binding the faithful to a false reconciliation with error.
Francis, who has reached the zenith of apostasy by promoting religious relativism, idol worship, synodality, and moral ambiguity, thereby scandalizing the faithful and destroying the Church’s missionary mandate.
Though these men have occupied the throne of Peter, their errors and failures must not lead any faithful Catholic to question the divine institution of the papacy itself. We remind you that their authority, though abused, remains valid. It is not for individual Catholics to judge or declare the See of Peter vacant—a prerogative that belongs solely to the Church.
IV. On Sedevacantism: A Sympathetic Warning
To those who have fallen into the error of sedevacantism, We speak with both sympathy and clarity. We understand the sorrow and confusion that have led many to this position in these dark times. Yet, We must warn you: sedevacantism is a grievous error, denying the legitimacy of the papacy and undermining the visible unity of the Church.
The case of Pope Honorius I, who failed in his duty to defend the Faith, demonstrates that a pope can err in his personal actions without losing his office. Only the Church, through her divine authority, can judge a pope in matters of heresy, and this occurs only after his death.
Christ’s promise to Peter—that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His Church—remains true, even when the human occupants of the papal office fail in their duties. To deny this is to doubt the divine foundation of the Church.
We call upon all sedevacantists to return to the Church, acknowledging the authority of the papacy while continuing to resist the errors promoted by modernist popes.
V. On the Indult Mass: A Trojan Horse
We condemn the so-called "Indult Mass," which purports to preserve the Traditional Latin Mass while binding it to the errors of Vatican II and the Novus Ordo. This deceitful concession has ensnared many faithful into recognizing the legitimacy of a counterfeit Church and its false doctrines.
The Mass of All Time cannot coexist with the errors of the modernist revolution. To accept the "Indult Mass" is to compromise the Faith and betray the sacrifice of countless martyrs who died for the integrity of Catholic worship.
VI. On the Pre-1955 Missal and Holy Week
We solemnly decree the restoration of the Roman Missal and Holy Week as they were before the destructive reforms of 1955. These changes, introduced by modernist influences under the guise of "liturgical reform," paved the way for the liturgical revolution that culminated in the Novus Ordo Missae.
The pre-1955 liturgy reflects the unchanging theology of the Church and preserves the sacred symbolism of the Holy Sacrifice. We call upon all clergy to return to this venerable Missal and Holy Week, unaltered by modernist tampering.
VII. On the Condemnation of Masonic Influences
We condemn the [...]Masonic conspiracy, which has infiltrated the Church and the world, spreading the errors of liberalism, indifferentism, and secularism. This pernicious influence has sought to destroy Christendom by undermining the Catholic Church, the moral order, and the sovereignty of Christ the King.
These agents of subversion, operating through secret societies and revolutionary ideologies, were the architects of Vatican II and the Novus Ordo. Their goal is the dissolution of the Catholic Faith and the establishment of a godless, one-world religion.
Let every faithful Catholic reject the lies of this diabolical movement and remain steadfast in proclaiming the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
VIII. An Apostolic Exhortation
We exhort all Catholics to reject the errors of Vatican II, the profane Novus Ordo Missae, the heresies of the Conciliar Popes, the traps of the "Indult Mass," the modernist reforms of 1955, and the lies of the Judeo-Masonic conspiracy.
Return to the faith of your fathers. Hold fast to the Sacred Tradition of the Church, the Mass codified by St. Pius V, the pre-1955 Holy Week, and the immutable teachings of the Popes before Vatican II. Let no modernist deception or compromise lead you astray.
May the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Vanquisher of Heresies, intercede for the Church and guide the faithful remnant in this time of unparalleled crisis. Let all who remain faithful to Christ rise and proclaim with the Prophet: “Open your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only; and He will free you from the hands of your enemies.”
Given in Rome, at St. Peter’s Basilica, on this solemn day, in the year of Our Lord, __________.
Pius XIII
Pontifex Maximus
Servant of the Servants of God
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| Bishop appointed by Communist China tells Catholics to study Xi Jinping: report |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-22-2024, 04:57 AM - Forum: Socialism & Communism
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Bishop appointed by Communist China tells Catholics to study Xi Jinping: report
Joseph Shen Bin, a bishop appointed by the Chinese Communist Party, exhorted the Shanghainese clergy to study and preach CCP ideology, including General Secretary Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the sinicization of religion.
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(LifeSiteNews [slightly adapted - not all hyperlinks included from original]) — During a November seminar about the “Sinicization of Religion in Shanghai,” Joseph Shen Bin, a “bishop” controversially appointed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), exhorted the Shanghainese clergy to study and preach CCP ideology, namely, the documents of “the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee” and “General Secretary Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the Sinicization of religion,” according to a report by news outlet Bitter Winter.
Catholic participants in the aforementioned seminar testified to Bitter Winter that Shen Bin encouraged members of the audience to concentrate on the “sinicization” of the Catholic religion, a process which Bitter Winter highlighted “does not mean adapting religion to Chinese customs but to the CCP’s ideology.”
Moreover, Shen Bin noted the significance of closer collaboration with the United Front Work Department, which oversees “official” religion in Communist China. The same Bitter Winter report added that “Yin Du, Director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Department of the Municipal United Front Work Department, and Gu Weidong, Director of the Catholic Affairs Department of the Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau, attended the whole event.”
When Shen Bin was selected by the CCP as the new Bishop of Shanghai on April 4 last year, the Vatican officially admitted that “the Holy See learned from the media of the installation” only shortly prior to the appointment.
“Bishop Shen Bin, until now Bishop of Haimen, was installed in the Diocese of Shanghai, China, this morning,” Vatican News reported.
“The Holy See had been informed a few days ago of the decision of the Chinese authorities,” Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
“I have nothing to say about the Holy See’s assessment of the matter for the time being,” Bruni added.
In other words, it was the CCP and not the Vatican that unilaterally appointed Shen Bin to head Shanghai.
During Shen Bin’s inauguration ceremony, he pledged to “adhere to the principle of independence and self-government” that forms the raison d’etre of China’s pro-CCP Patriotic Catholic Church.
In a statement dated April 4 last year, the Shanghai Diocese revealed that around 200 people were present at Shen Bin’s inauguration ceremony.
“Bishop Shen Bin said that he will continue to carry forward the fine tradition of patriotism and love of the Catholic Church in Shanghai, adhere to the principle of independence and self-government, adhere to the direction of Catholicism in China, and better promote the healthy tradition of Catholic evangelism in Shanghai,” the statement read.
Unsurprisingly, many critics regarded Shen Bin’s installation by the CCP as a violation of a contentious and clandestine Sino-Vatican agreement regarding the appointment of bishops signed in September 2018.
According to the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement, Rome would acknowledge seven bishops appointed by the CCP, as well as admit the establishment of a new Catholic diocese in Chengde, in the northern province of Hebei. While the Vatican would officially appoint new Chinese bishops these men would nevertheless be chosen by the CCP.
Besides, a new report, authored by Nina Shea for the Hudson Institute, has disclosed details about the clampdown of 10 Catholic bishops in China who have resisted the CCP’s efforts to interfere in religious matters since the 2018 Sino-Vatican deal. This Hudson Institute report narrates the traumatic encounters of Vatican-approved bishops who have experienced “detention without due process, surveillance, police investigations, and banishments from their dioceses for refusal to submit to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), a state-managed group controlled by the CCP’s United Front Work Department,” Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported.
“This report shows that religious repression of the Catholic Church in China has intensified since the 2018 China-Vatican agreement on the appointment of bishops,” Shea stated.
“Beijing targeted these 10 bishops after they opposed the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, which requires its members to pledge independence from the Holy See,” she elaborated.
Bitter Winter pointed out that in light of several events following the 2018 Sino-Vatican deal, it was evident that the CCP regards the deal as applicable to the Vatican only, which is expected not to decry religious persecution in China. For its part, the CCP can still unilaterally nominate “bishops” as it sees fit.
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| The Catholic Trumpet: ‘We Have No Part With This Adulterous Spirit!’ – Demand Answers |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-21-2024, 08:32 AM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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‘We Have No Part With This Adulterous Spirit!’ – Demand Answers
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THE☩TRUMPET [slightly adapted] | November 20, 2024
Faithful Catholics, the time for silence is over. It is your duty to confront your SSPX priests under Bishop Fellay and Father Davide Pagliarani and ask why they refuse to condemn the errors and heresies of the Conciliar Church from the pulpit. Why will they not speak against the ecumenism, indifferentism, and bastardized rites that have ravaged the faith? Why do they remain silent about Bishop Fellay’s 2012 Doctrinal Declaration — a betrayal that aligns with the anti-Church of Vatican II? The faithful must demand clarity and reject this silence that enables compromise with modernist error.
Furthermore, ask Bishop Williamson directly: does one need to believe in the so-called "miracles" of the Conciliar Church to receive the sacraments from him? These are not idle questions but matters of eternal consequence. Archbishop Lefebvre spoke clearly, boldly, and uncompromisingly against the judeo-masonic revolution in the Church. His words demand action and reflection from every Catholic who desires to remain faithful to Christ and His unchanging truth.
Below are three thunderous quotes from +Archbishop Lefebvre, each exposing the betrayal of the Conciliar Church and the dangerous silence of those who should be leading the charge against error.
-The☩Trumpet
Read, reflect, and act!:
Nullam Partem With the Conciliar Church
"We have never wished to belong to this system which calls itself the Conciliar Church, and defines itself with the Novus Ordo Missæ, an ecumenism which leads to indifferentism and the laicization of all society. Yes, we have no part, nullam partem habemus, with the pantheon of the religions of Assisi; our own excommunication by a decree of Your Eminence or of another Roman Congregation would only be the irrefutable proof of this. We ask for nothing better than to be declared out of communion with this adulterous spirit which has been blowing in the Church for the last 25 years; we ask for nothing better than to be declared outside of this impious communion of the ungodly.”
- Open Letter to Cardinal Gantin, July 6, 1988
The Trap of the Tridentine Mass "Indult"
“One day, very gently, they will oblige those who have been granted the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Mass of All Time, also to accept the New Mass. And they will tell them that it is simply a matter of squaring themselves with what they have signed, since they signed a statement that they accepted the spirit of the Council and its reforms. You cannot put yourself thus into an unbelievable, irrational contradiction. It is a very uncomfortable situation. This is what has created the difficulty for these groups that have signed it and that currently find themselves in a kind of impasse."
+Archbishop Lefebvre, Homily, Friedrichshafen, April 29, 1990 sspx.org/en/archbishop-lefebvre-indult-mass
The Bastard Rites and the Adulterous Union
“The union desired by these Liberal Catholics, a union between the Church and the Revolution and subversion is, for the Church, an adulterous union, adulterous. And that adulterous union can produce only bastards. And who are those bastards? They are our rites: the rite of Mass is a bastard rite, the sacraments are bastard sacraments – we no longer know if they are sacraments which give grace or which do not give grace. We no longer know if this Mass gives the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ or if it does not give them. The priests coming out of the seminaries do not themselves know what they are. In Rome it was the Archbishop of Cincinnati who said: “Why are there no more vocations? Because the [Conciliar] Church no longer knows what a priest is.” How then can She still form priests if She does not know what a priest is? The priests coming out of the seminaries are bastard priests. They do not know what they are. They do not know that they were made to go up to the altar to offer the sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to give Jesus Christ to souls, and to call souls to Jesus Christ. That is what a priest is. Our young men here know that very well. Their whole life is going to be consecrated to that, to love, adore, and serve Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. The adulterous union of the Church with the Revolution is consolidated with dialogue. When the Church entered into dialogue it was to convert.
Our Lord said: “Go, teach all nations, convert them.” But He did not say to hold dialogue with them so as not to convert them, so as to try to put us on the same footing with them. Error and truth are not compatible. We must see if we have charity towards others, as the Gospel says: he who has charity is one who serves others. But those who have charity should give Our Lord, they should give the riches they possess to others and not just converse with them and enter into dialogue on an equal footing. Truth and error are not on the same footing. That would be putting God and the Devil on the same footing, for the Devil is the father of lies, the father of error. We must therefore be missionaries. We must preach the Gospel, convert souls to Jesus Christ and not engage in dialogue with them in an effort to adopt their principles. That is what this bastard Mass and these bastard rites are doing to us, for we wanted dialogue with the Protestants and the Protestants said to us: “We will not have your Mass; we will not have it because it contains things incompatible with our Protestant faith. So change the Mass and we shall be able to pray with you. We can have intercommunion. We can receive your sacraments. You can come to our churches and we can come to yours; then it will be all finished and we shall have unity.” We shall have unity in confusion, in bastardy. That we do not want. The Church has never wanted it. We love the Protestants; we want to convert them. But it is not loving them to let them think they have the same religion as the Catholic religion.”
+Archbishop Lefebvre, Sermon at Lille, France, August 1976
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| Swiss church installs AI display attempting to simulate Jesus in confessional |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-21-2024, 07:47 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Swiss church installs AI display attempting to simulate Jesus in confessional
St. Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, has installed an attempted AI simulation of Jesus in a confessional booth to ‘talk’ to visitors and answer their spiritual questions, without necessarily affirming Catholic teaching.
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(LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic church in Switzerland has installed an attempted artificial intelligence simulation of Jesus Christ in a confessional booth, designed to advise visitors on issues of all kinds, including religious and moral questions.
The so-called “Deus in Machina” display in St. Peter’s Chapel of Lucerne, Switzerland, features a digital, hologram rendering of Jesus behind a confessional grate, which “talks” to deliver AI-generated answers to visitors’ questions and whose simulated “face” can be seen behind the screen.
“Do not disclose personal information under any circumstances, use this service at your own risk, press the button if you accept,” the simulation warns before a visitor presses said button to consent to the AI “conversation.”
According to one female visitor, the AI program said upon their greeting to the machine, “Peace be with you, brother. In times of uncertainty and doubt, remember that faith can move mountains. What is troubling your heart today?”
As many as two-thirds of those who interacted with the AI simulation reportedly said they had a “spiritual experience.” One woman told the outlet DW, “He was able to reaffirm me in my ways of going about things and he was able to help me with questions I had like how I can help other people to understand him better and come closer to him.”
A blog post from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts shared how one interviewer asked, “How do I support, from a Christian perspective, an elderly, sick person who has decided on assisted suicide?”
The AI bot responded without advising the application of Catholic doctrine to the situation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that euthanasia “constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.”
Without making any mention of this key Catholic teaching, the bot advised: “Perhaps you could ask your loved one the following questions: What does your faith mean to you in this difficult time? Is there anything else in life that could bring you peace or joy? How can I support you and give you comfort?”
Marco Schmid, a “resident theologian” at the parish and a co-founder of the AI program, said the simulation “Jesus” has been trained in Scripture and on theology derived from the internet, which, as The Pillar noted, leaves “open the possibility it could offer biblical interpretations or spiritual advice at odds with Church teaching.”
The team behind the program said it is meant to make people “think critically about the boundaries of technology in the context of religion” and that its placement in the confessional was designed to encourage “moments of intimacy” with the AI simulation, not to encourage Catholics to use it instead of the sacrament of Penance, during which Catholics do not simply ask for advice, but confess their sins to a priest: “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” (John 20:23)
Schmid told Swiss Info that “in all previous tests, his answers have matched the theological view of St Peter’s church.”
The theologian said that he was not offended by reports that the AI “Jesus” simulation gave “trite,” “clichéd” answers to spiritual questions, which one user said reminded them of a “motivational calendar.”
“I’m glad that the avatar still comes across to a certain extent as a technical object,” said Schmid. “At the same time, the answers it gives are also fascinating. So there’s plenty to talk about when it comes to AI in a religious context.”
Lucerne theologian and philosopher Peter Kirchschläger reportedly said the AI simulation “Jesus” goes too far, although his reported comments did not address the ethical implications of the AI bot.
“We should be careful when it comes to faith, pastoral care, when finding meaning in religion. That’s an area where we humans are actually vastly superior to machines, so we should do these things themselves.”
The AI simulation was installed in August, and will wrap up on November 27, when a presentation on its results will be given at the same church in Lucerne.
Switzerland’s computer simulation is one of a growing number of AI projects in the Catholic Church in recent months, one of which was quickly withdrawn after online backlash. In August, Catholic Answers announced the launch of the AI bot “Father Justin,” which was programmed to answer questions about the Catholic faith by drawing from the Catholic Answers archive.
The priest avatar was criticized for being “inappropriate, misleading, or just plain creepy,” The Pillar reported. Worse, the AI bot simulated virtual sacraments — “indeed, ‘Fr. Justin’ gladly heard a ‘confession’ submitted by The Pillar before attempting to give spiritual guidance and reciting the words of absolution,” the outlet reported.
Some Catholics were rightly horrified at these accounts, because of the AI bot’s false pretext of granting valid absolution of sins, which only a validly ordained priest can give in a valid confession.
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| The Declaration of 1974: 50 Years Ago, Today |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-21-2024, 07:42 AM - Forum: Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
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The following is taken from the Oratory of the Sorrowful Heart of Mary Bulletin:
The Declaration of 1974: 50 Years Ago, Today
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"We hold fast, with all our heart and with all our soul, to Catholic Rome, Guardian of the Catholic Faith and of the traditions necessary to preserve this faith, to Eternal Rome, Mistress of wisdom and truth…"
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s famous "Declaration". This inspired pronouncement was made with righteous indignation, as an affirmation of the Catholic Faith in response to the Modernist crisis afflicting the post-conciliar Church.
On this beautiful feast of the Immaculata’s Presentation in 1974, His Grace, scandalized by the opinions expressed by two recent Apostolic Visitors, drew up for his seminarians this famous declaration as his stand against the errors of Modernism.
For, only ten (10) days earlier, these two Vatican assessors arrived at the Saint Pius X Seminary in Econe, Switzerland and manifested their novel, heterodox viewpoints. During their brief stay, they spoke to the seminarians and professors, maintaining several scandalous opinions, such as: the ordination of married men will soon be a normal thing; that truth changes with the times; and that the traditional concept of the Resurrection of Our Lord is open to opinion and discussion.
We provide here in full our beloved Founder’s heroic response:
We hold firmly with all our heart and with all our mind to Catholic Rome, Guardian of the Catholic Faith and of the traditions necessary to the maintenance of this faith, to the eternal Rome, mistress of wisdom and truth.
We refuse on the other hand, and have always refused, to follow the Rome of Neo-Modernist and Neo-Protestant tendencies which became clearly manifest during the Second Vatican Council, and after the Council, in all the reforms which issued from it.
In effect, all these reforms have contributed and continue to contribute to the destruction of the Church, to the ruin of the priesthood, to the abolition of the Sacrifice of the Mass and the Sacraments, to the disappearance of the religious life, and to a naturalistic and Teilhardian education in the universities, in the seminaries, in catechetics: an education deriving from Liberalism and Protestantism which had been condemned many times by the solemn Magisterium of the Church.
No authority, not even the highest in the hierarchy, can compel us to abandon or to diminish our Catholic Faith, so clearly expressed and professed by the Church's Magisterium for nineteen centuries.
"Friends," said St. Paul, "though it were we ourselves, though it were an angel from heaven that should preach to you a gospel other than the gospel we have preached to you, a curse upon him" (Gal. 1:8).
Is it not this that the Holy Father is repeating to us today? And if there is a certain contradiction manifest in his words and deeds as well as in the acts of the dicasteries, then we cleave to what has always been taught and we turn a deaf ear to the novelties which destroy the Church.
It is impossible to profoundly modify the Lex Orandi without modifying the Lex Credendi. To the New Mass there corresponds the new catechism, the new priesthood, the new seminaries, the new universities, the "Charismatic" Church, Pentecostalism: all of them opposed to orthodoxy and the never-changing Magisterium.
This reformation, deriving as it does from Liberalism and Modernism, is entirely corrupted; it derives from heresy and results in heresy, even if all its acts are not formally heretical.
It is therefore impossible for any conscientious and faithful Catholic to espouse this reformation and to submit to it in any way whatsoever.
The only attitude of fidelity to the Church and to Catholic doctrine appropriate for our salvation is a categorical refusal to accept this reformation.
That is why, without any rebellion, bitterness, or resentment, we pursue our work of priestly formation under the guidance of the never-changing Magisterium, convinced as we are that we cannot possibly render a greater service to the Holy Catholic Church, to the Sovereign Pontiff, and to posterity.
That is why we hold firmly to everything that has been consistently taught and practiced by the Church (and codified in books published before the Modernist influence of the Council) concerning faith, morals, divine worship, catechetics, priestly formation, and the institution of the Church, until such time as the true light of tradition dissipates the gloom which obscures the sky of the eternal Rome.
Doing this, with the grace of God, the help of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Pius X, we are certain that we are being faithful to the Catholic and Roman Church, to all of Peter's successors, and of being the Fideles Dispensatores Mysteriorum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi In Spiritu Sancto.
†Marcel Lefebvre
November 21, 1974
Econe, Switzerland
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| The Catholic Trumpet: Anne Catherine Emmerich: Warnings for the Faithful |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-20-2024, 03:34 PM - Forum: The Catholic Trumpet
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Anne Catherine Emmerich: Warnings for the Faithful
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THE☩TRUMPET | November 20, 2024
Anne Catherine Emmerich, an Augustinian canoness and mystic, is known for her divinely inspired visions of the life of Our Lord and Our Lady. These mystical insights, recorded during her bedridden years, have borne remarkable fruit, including the discovery of the Holy House of Mary in Ephesus—a place previously unknown yet proven true through her revelations. Her prophecies about the future of the Church offer not only a warning but also a call to prayer and discernment in these turbulent times.
As we witness the ongoing destruction wrought by the false church of Vatican II, the revolutionary betrayal declared within the SSPX in 2012, and the growing apostasy infecting the world, the need to reflect on these warnings becomes ever more urgent. We invite you to read and reflect deeply upon these selected prophecies, praying for the light of the Holy Ghost to discern the signs of the times and the courage to remain faithful to the immutable truths of the Catholic faith.
The Persecution of the Faithful
“I see more martyrs, not now but in the future…I saw the secret sect (Freemasons) relentlessly undermining the great Church. Near them I saw a horrible beast coming up from the sea... All over the world, good and devout people especially the clergy were harassed, oppressed, and put into prison. I had the feeling that they would become martyrs one day.”
Satan Unleashed Before the Modern Crisis
“I was likewise told, if I remember right, that he (Satan) will be unchained for a time fifty or sixty years before the year of Christ 2000 (…).”
- (Rev. R. Gerald Culleton, The Prophets and Our Times, Tan Books and Publishers, 1941, p. 207)
The Darkness of Nations and the Labour of Evil
“All around me I see a terrible, bloody war, which approaches from Midnight, the North, and Evening, the East. I heard that Lucifer -- if I am not wrong, would be let go for a time, fifty or sixty years before the year 2000. I saw the earth covered with darkness, everything was withered and barren, everything made the impression of pining away. It seems that even the waters of the springs were exhausted. I saw how the labour of darkness multiplied among the people, I saw countries and people in the greatest of distress, and fighting each other violently. In the centre of the battleground was a giant abyss, into which the warring factions seemed to fall (…).”
- (Robert A. Nelson, Prophecy: A History of the Future, Internet Version: http://www.rexresearch.com/prophist/phfcon~1.htm)
A Warning Against False Churches and the 'False Catholic Resistance'
“I saw several churches, or rather meeting-houses surmounted by weather-cocks, the congregations, disunited from the Church, running here and there like beggars hurrying to places where bread is distributed, having no connection with either the Church Triumphant or the Church Suffering. They were not in a regularly founded, living Church, one with the Church Militant, Suffering, and Triumphant, nor did they receive the Body of the Lord, but only bread. They who were in error through no fault of their own and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus Christ, were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. They who habitually communicated without this ardent love received nothing, but a child of the Church receives an immense increase of strength (…).”
- (Very Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, CSSR, The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Volume 1 and 2, 1976 Edition, Tan Books and Publishers, p. 85)
The Anti-Church of Ecumenism
“They built a large, singular, extravagant church which was to embrace all creeds with equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, and all denominations, a true communion of the unholy with one shepherd and one flock. There was to be a Pope, a salaried Pope, without possessions. All was made ready, many things finished; but, in place of an altar, were only abomination and desolation. Such was the new church to be, and it was for it that he had set fire to the old one; but God designed otherwise (…).”
- (Very Rev. Carl E. Schmoeger, CSSR, The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Volume 1 and 2, 1976 Edition, Tan Books and Publishers)
-The ☩ Trumpet
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| Asylum seeker from Afghanistan desecrates famous Marian statue in Switzerland |
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Posted by: Stone - 11-20-2024, 03:22 PM - Forum: Anti-Catholic Violence
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Asylum seeker from Afghanistan desecrates famous Marian statue in Switzerland
A 17-year-old from Afghanistan entered the chapel of Einsiedeln Abbey last week during Holy Mass, violently undressed and battered the abbey’s
famous Black Madonna statue, and took her crown to put it on his head before priests detained him.
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Black Madonna of Einsiedeln
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EINSIEDELN, Switzerland (LifeSiteNews) — An asylum seeker from Afghanistan desecrated the famous Black Madonna statue at a pilgrimage site in Switzerland.
A 17-year-old man from Afghanistan entered the chapel of Einsiedeln Abbey on November 16 during a Holy Mass, violently undressed and battered the Marian statue, and took her crown to put it on his own head. According to the Swiss outlet Tagesanzeiger, the priests who were present were able to detain the man and prevent him from causing further damage before the police arrived to arrest the perpetrator.
The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln has attracted pilgrims from all over the world for centuries. The statue, which came to the chapel in 1466, is considered one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Europe.
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Tagesanzeiger reports that some of the faithful cried after witnessing the blasphemous crime.
“I am a believer, and I find it all very sad. I find it absolutely unacceptable that people seeking protection here should trample on our religious feelings in this way,” one woman said.
The local police described the man as “mentally disturbed,” and he was reportedly taken to a psychiatric facility.
The Einsiedeln Monastery said in a statement that the attack by the “confused person” caused slight damage to the 15th-century statue.
“We are grateful that nothing else happened and, above all, that no person was harmed,” the statement read.
“We deeply regret this incident and think of the many people whose religious feelings have been hurt,” it continued. “Our prayers and thoughts are with them, as well as with the person taken into custody by the police. His motives are still the subject of a police investigation.”
So far, there is no official information on a possible religious or political motive of the perpetrator.
In response to the incident, the monastery organized a Rosary prayer in the Church the following day, which was held under the motto of “peace and reconciliation.” According to Vatican News, the attendance at the Rosary prayer was high, showing how much the incident shook the faithful in the region.
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