Msgr. Pope is not on board the bergoglio party train

Msgr. Pope is not on board the bergoglio party train

I had noticed very recently that Msgr. Charles Pope did not seem to have received his invitation to join in the festivities aboard the bergoglio inter-religious who-am-i-to-judge party train.

On April 24 I said:

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"I suspect that Msgr. Charles Pope will not be named a bishop anytime soon..."

And now?

I was not planning on commenting on this controversy because it seems to me that Msgr. Pope already has more than enough problems with his superiors in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

But since the blog comments by Msgr. Pope criticizing the decision to allow homosexuals to march in the New York St. Patrick's Day parade have already received so much publicity I feel free to offer my viewpoint.

Here are my comments on Louie Verrecchio's article titled "God bless Monsignor Charles Pope!"

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September 6, 2014

I hope everyone will please keep in mind that Msgr. Charles Pope and all of the clergy have taken a sacred vow of OBEDIENCE! And I assume that this vow is under pain of mortal sin.

We laity can express our opinions more or less freely and deal with it at a personal level, but for the clergy the situation is much more complicated and there is much more at stake from a moral perspective.

We cannot expect that a Monsignor is going to challenge the orders of an archbishop… nor should he in my opinion. The blame lies squarely with those in positions of authority.

As for the idea that Msgr. Pope could just casually decide to become a priest of the SSPX, I would say that this is an enormous decision for a priest. Even for a lay person to decide to leave their parish church in order to attend Mass at another church is something which requires a huge amount of thought and prayer.

It is not necessarily simply a matter of courage or fortitude. I have no doubt of the courage and fortitude of Msgr. Pope. I’m sure it took enormous amounts of fortitude to set aside his pride and right his apology. But this is what a good Catholic priest would be expected to do under normal circumstances.

Of course we don’t live under normal circumstances….

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Follow-up comment on September 7, 2014

The burden of proof must be set very high in order to justify disobedience.
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Does this matter “belong to the regular mode of life” OR does it belong to things “contrary to God or to the rule they profess”.
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I would suggest that the normal assumption is that this issue of obedience with regards to a blog post belongs to “the regular mode of life”.
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I would also suggest that raising this incident to the level which would call for dis-obedience reflect a very protestant attitude.
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We are talking here about a parade which although it takes the name of St. Patrick is really just a secular “Irish Pride” parade. I don’t think it is the place of a priest to tell an archbishop whether he should or should not participate in such a parade.
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Of course there is a larger issue. As Louie puts it: “Where is the voice of those churchmen who cannot but recognize the great apostasy being perpetrated from among their own ranks? Are there any prelates left who still think and feel with the Church?”
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It is clear that Msgr. Charles Pope had no intention of addressing the larger issue of “the great apostasy” in his blog post. He was just addressing a small symptom of that disease. And he never suggested that underlying this symptom there is a “great apostasy” — even if we would like to read that into his statement.
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Louie suggests that Msgr. Pope should “directly criticize the wolves who prowl about the sheepfold in clerical disguise”.
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It’s not clear to me how Msgr. Pope would go about doing that. Should he contact some people in the press and air his grievances publicly? Should he start his own blog and use that to criticize his superiors?
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Personally, I don’t see that Msgr. Pope had any viable options at this point. What difference would it make if he continued to speak out? Do you remember what happened in the case in New York regarding Holy Innocents when a priest ( Father Justin Wylie ) spoke out? Or for that matter what happened to the Franciscans of the Immaculate when they chose to embrace the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as it has been practiced through the centuries prior to Vatican II?
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What is needed is for some substantial number of bishops, archbishops and cardinals to speak out jointly and forcefully and publicly.
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As Archbishop Lefebvre did….

Pope speaks out against homosexuals marching in St. Patrick's day parade ...

Pope speaks out against homosexuals marching in St. Patrick's day parade ...

... not THAT pope ...

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One of the most blistering rips at Dolan and the parade organizers came from a Washington priest, Monsignor Charles Pope, who blogs at the website of the Archdiocese of Washington.

This latest move by Dolan was too much for Pope:

“It’s time to cancel the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the Al Smith Dinner and all the other ‘Catholic’ traditions that have been hijacked by the world,” he wrote. “Better for Catholics to enter their churches and get down on their knees on St. Patrick’s Day to pray in reparation for the foolishness, and to pray for this confused world to return to its senses.”

[And the OTHER pope ... ]

Dolan clearly seems to be comfortable with the more inclusive posture adopted by Pope Francis.

Dolan indicated that the days of the culture wars in the church were coming to a close.

The effort to withhold Communion from pro-choice Catholic pols “is in the past,” [Dolan] said. And he also said that Francis wants pastoral, social justice-focused bishops “who would not be associated with any one ideological camp.”

bergoglio's un-holy cross

bergoglio's un-holy cross

From Tradition in Action (see picture below):

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"On the plaque a dove representing the Holy Spirit is also shown descending from heaven over the flock and the Good Shepherd. One does not find any mention in Scripture of a scene where the Holy Spirit comes down directly over the flock. More likely it is an allusion to the Protestant-Pentecostal theory that claims God does not need the Catholic Hierarchy, but gives His orientation to the flock by a direct action of the Holy Spirit."

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This confirms my previous post in which I discussed bergoglio's protestant perception of the Holy Spirit and how this invalidates the Catholic hierarchy and also the sacraments.

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For those who like a good masonic conspiracy theory, there is also the fact that the Good Shepherd can represent the god Hermes.

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.... nah!

One thing is for sure though about bergoglio's cross. There is absolutely NOTHING Catholic about it!

And even if you did manage to stretch credibility to its limit and find some hint of a Catholic meaning... it still is ABSOLUTELY bizarre and TOTALLY out of place for the pope to be wearing such a cross!

... even if by now Catholics have "gotten used to" bergoglio's bizarre and hideous cross ... once in a while we need to be shocked back to reality.

This is indeed a strange papacy. For a summary of bergoglio's first year and just how strange it was please see the highly recommended article posted at Call Me Jorge titled "The strange papacy of Pope Francis" by Miles Christi.

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... anyway just in case you're interested.

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In all the old manuscript records which contain the Legend of the Craft, mention is made of Hermes as one of the founders of Freemasonry.

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Hermes

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A cult was established in Greece in remote regions, likely making [Hermes] a god of nature, farmers, and shepherds. It is also possible that since the beginning he has been a deity with shamanic attributes linked to divination, reconciliation, magic, sacrifices, and initiation and contact with other planes of existence, a role of mediator between the worlds of the visible and invisible.

[Hermes is the god of] ... good luck, the sacrifices and the sacrificial animals, flocks and shepherds and the fertility of land and cattle. In addition to serving as messenger to Zeus, Hermes carried the souls of the dead to Hades, and directed the dreams sent by Zeus to mortals.

bergoglio's un-holy spirit

bergoglio's un-holy spirit

I will get right to the point.

bergoglio's perception of the Holy Spirit is a protestant one -- really a pentecostal/evangelical/charismatic one.

Protestants stress the Holy Spirit as a sort of direct hotline to God.

The Catholic Church as established by Jesus Christ is hierarchical and the Holy Spirit is received through the sacraments.

Protestants through their perceived direct access to the Holy Spirit bypass the Church hierarchy and think that they don't need the sacraments.

As a consequence bergoglio is attempting to "de-sacramentalize" the Catholic Church.

Based on this mis-perception of the Holy Spirit bergoglio spreads protestant errors like:
- having a "personal relationship with Jesus" because he doesn't believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
- "baptism of the spirit" (or "anointing of the spirit") because he does not believe in the efficacy of the sacraments to transform the faithful into followers of Christ.

I could go on, but hopefully you get the idea.

The image that I want to leave in your mind is that of a Christian Army -- the Church Militant.

An army needs discipline. That is what the sacraments give us.

An army needs leaders. That is what the Church hierarchy gives us.

In contrast the protestants reject discipline and they reject orders handed down through the hierarchy. They each want to decide for themselves on a personal level what their marching orders are.

True Catholic evangelization seeks to transform society by making Christ the King.

Protestant evangelization focuses on the individual and claims that society as a whole need not be structured on a Christian basis. At least that is what most present day protestants seem to believe, although this was not always the case in protestant history. But this seems to be the inevitable outcome of the protestant heresy.

This is a consequence of the individualistic nature of the protestant misperception of the personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. This leads to the protestant notion of "religious liberty" which then leads to "ecumenism", which leads to secular humanism, which leads to atheism....

You can imagine what this does to the effectiveness of the Christian Army.

What this means is that bergoglio as the general of the Chrisian Army is ordering his troops to abandon their weapons and disobey the orders of their superiors.

Paradoxically, in this situation all we can do as Catholics is turn to God who is the ultimate source of all authority. And God in his mercy has given us two centuries of Catholic teachings and the saints to guide us. So it is clear what we must do until the leadership of our Church regains its senses.

We must remain Catholic.

bergoglio's autumn of love

bergoglio's autumn of love

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... we must not be afraid of change, not even in the Church....

....put aside decadent structures – they are useless...

... and, the Beatitudes for example, are the fullness of the law, the law of love, total love....

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...cue up the psychedelic music and fire up the flashing strobe lights...

... hang some blacklight posters on the wall ...

... pass around free hits of LSD ...

what's that spell?

fidelity?

uh, no... try again...

blasphemy?

getting warm...

apostasy?

BINGO! Hit it boys....

He's a pinball wizard, There has to be a twist. A pinball wizard...

bergoglio not doing enough to support Islam according to muslim leader in Turkey

bergoglio not doing enough to support Islam according to muslim leader in Turkey

Connect the dots... (See below.)

Now that "the Islamic State" is threatening Turkey, the head of the Turkish muslims tries to blame the problem on Christians.

As long as "the Islamic State" was JUST brutally killing Christians the muslim leaders in Turkey were silent while the turkish government (and other Islamic groups) funded the Islamic terrorists and provided military arms and other support.

And now Turkey is caught in the backlash of their stupidity....

And now bergoglio is also caught in the backlash of his stupidity....

The only true peace is through Christ the King.

[H/T Eponymous Flower -- LINK]

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Mehmet Görmez

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Mehmet Görmez (born 1959) is the President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Turkish: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, commonly known as Diyanet) and as such legally the highest level Islamic cleric in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

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HEAD OF [Turkish] RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY RESPONDS TO POPE FRANCIS

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"This problem ["Islamophobia"] cannot be resolved through the organization of interfaith football games or washing people's feet" said Görmez, who expressed that such actions are very ineffective even though they may have good intentions behind.

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In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters

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... but for many months, the militants were able to grow in power partly by using the border region of a NATO member — Turkey — as a strategically vital supply route and entry point to wage their war.

Alarmed by the growing might of the Islamic State, Turkey has started cracking down.

But in a region engulfed by a broadening conflict, Turkey is also reaping what it sowed. It is engaging in border shootouts with rebels it once tactically aided. It is confronting spillover violence, a cutoff in its trade routes and a spreading wave of fear in Turkish towns...

During its push into the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June, the Islamic State seized 80 Turkish hostages — including a gaggle of diplomats — 41 of whom are still being held. More than 1 million refugees have poured into Turkey since the start of the Syrian conflict, costing the government more than $3 billion. Billions more have been lost in business and trade across its borders with Syria and Iraq.

Yusaf, the Islamic State commander who traveled to Reyhanli [turkish town on the border with Syria] from Syria for an interview with The Washington Post, suggested that the group had the Turks to thank in part for its current success.

“We used to have some fighters — even high-level members of the Islamic State — getting treated in Turkish hospitals,” he said. “And also, most of the fighters who joined us in the beginning of the war came via Turkey, and so did our equipment and supplies.”

He conceded that the recent crackdown had made it more difficult to continue using Turkey as a supply route. But he added that the group had grown so strong in Iraq — where it won fast allies among the Sunni tribes — that it no longer needed to rely on the Turkish border.

“Now we are getting enough weapons from Iraq, and there is enough to buy even within Syria,” he said. “There is no real need to get things from outside anymore.”

The Plim-Plim-ization of Catholic moral teachings

The Plim-Plim-ization of Catholic moral teachings

John Vennari has an excellent article at Catholic Family News on the plan of the synod on the family to destroy Catholic moral teaching and thereby destroy the Church.

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He mentions a part of the working document for the synod which suggests using the "language of symbols" to represent the natural law.

That got me thinking. I read through the section of the working document that discusses the natural law and although the document does not come right out and say it, there are so many objections raised to the natural law that it is clear that the plan is to discard this concept entirely.

And again, although the document does not come out and say it the alternative to the natural law seems to be to adopt "universal values" as a basis for Catholic teaching in the area of morality.

Notice in the following passage that it starts off talking about the "values of the Gospel" and ends up talking about a "language of symbols". Frankly, that doesn't make much sense.

So what is it talking about?

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A Call for a Renewal in Terms of Language

30. The language traditionally used in explaining the term “natural law” should be improved so that the values of the Gospel can be communicated to people today in a more intelligible manner. In particular, the vast majority of responses and an even greater part of the observations request that more emphasis be placed on the role of the Word of God as a privileged instrument in the conception of married life and the family, and recommend greater reference to the Bible, its language and narratives. In this regard, respondents propose bringing the issue to public discussion and developing the idea of biblical inspiration and the “order in creation,” which could permit a re-reading of the concept of the natural law in a more meaningful manner in today’s world (cf. the idea of the law written in the human heart in Rm 1:19-21; 2:14-15). Moreover, this proposal insists on using language which is accessible to all, such as the language of symbols utilized during the liturgy. The recommendation was also made to engage young people directly in these matters.

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IMO to understand what this section is referring to we need to turn to Plim Plim -- bergoglio's occult magic clown friend.

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You see the creators of Plim Plim were inspired by the new age guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and his teaching on universal human values. (Of course these are secular humanists values which at times are in direct contradiction to Catholic moral teaching.)

Plim Plim has different cartoon characters which can be used to represent different values. Each character is represented by a different animal and can have an associated color, musical instrument, saying, etc.

So the suggestion in the working document seems to be to abandon Catholic moral teaching based on natural law and substitute instead "universal" secular humanist values. Of course these values would have to be backed up by "Gospel values".

No problem, the homosexuals and feminists have been re-interpreting Holy Scripture for years -- reading into it whatever they want.

Next once there is a nice short list of "values" use symbols and colors to represent them -- kind of like Plim Plim's cute little satanic "coexist" banner... same idea.

Based on bergoglio's sermons and other statements some of these "universal values" might be:
- be nice
- be tolerant
- save the environment
- don't gossip
- don't judge
- live and let live
- don't proselytize
- world peace
- love
- end poverty
- human rights
- etc.

These are your typical godless humanist values which lead to "homosexual marriage", legalized abortion, high divorce rates, single parent homes, etc. And the synod on the family's working document says that the Catholic Church should just accept all of these things because... well, because that's just the way it is.

If this initiative by the synod of the family is successful -- and I think it will be -- then you can say "bye-bye" to the Catholic Church.

At first you won't recognize what the Church has become and then the Church will just disappear because it will have lost its identity and become indistinguishable from the humanist milieu that already surrounds us.

Come to think of it, that is already happening.

The only distinguishable Catholic entity which remains is the traditionalist movement which upholds the immutable truths handed down by Christ and the Apostles. No wonder that it attracts so much attention from young people who are sick and tired of this godless society which promises "happiness" but is totally incapable of delivering on that promise.

... because earthly "happiness" is an illusion, but we can find comfort and peace in this world through Jesus Christ and we can find Christ in the eucharist and in the sacraments.

It's really very simple. We already have the answers. We don't need a "synod on the family" to "update" Church teaching. What needs "updating" is our godless society by converting back to His Church.