Hypocrisy: UN Wages War Against Moral Teachings of Catholic Church

Pro-abortion, anti-family United Nations, unleashed a scathing attack on the Vatican (viz, Catholic Church) over the pederasty (almost always epheberasty — sick enough) scandals all the while advancing its crusade to foster the killing of pre-born babies in the name of “reproductive health,” corrupt children through filthy sex-ed, how-to programs, destroy purity in all the young, especially pubescents, by promoting artificial birth control, and undermine the family by pushing the homosexual agenda. Moral perverts throwing stones at the Catholic Church — how typical of hypocrites! Do they indict Boy Scout leaders, YMCA staff, or Protestant ministers, all in the high abuser rate percentages? No! Or public high school teachers who have the highest rate of child abusers after family relatives? No! The UN ignores the common perverted practices of child abuse that was (with few exceptions) taken for granted in pagan ‘cultures’ and still is. Or, does the UN address the perverted practices that are rampantly present with impunity in Hollywood and the film industry (and I do not mean just PG 13 epheberastic movies and pederastic movies wherein sick money-hungry parents allow their children to act in immoral scenes). I mean, as is now commonly known, from the top down with directors/producers victimizing child actors covertly. Then, too, no one dares mention the pervasive abuse of children, especially young girls, by Moslems, starting with Mohammed himself. Ask any Arab Christian, they will tell you. Enough of this.

Entire Article:http://catholicism.org/hypocrisy-un-wages-war-against-moral-teachings-of-catholic-church.html

Vatican Translator dies a Lutheran because "Cardinal" Ratzinger had told her NOT to Convert

There's Your New Evangelization:
Vatican Translator dies a Lutheran because "Cardinal" Ratzinger had told her NOT to Convert

She wanted to convert. She listened to Cardinal Ratzinger and died a Lutheran.

Sigrid Spath was the most famous German translator in Rome. She worked in the Jesuit General House, and then in the Vatican, since the days of Paul VI and translated around 70,000 pages of documents from Italian, French, English, Spanish or Polish into German, as well as several texts by Joseph Ratzinger, as Cardinal or Pope, as he also wrote original texts in Italian. The granddaughter of a Lutheran pastor, Spath was born in Villach, Carinthia (Austria), on August 1, 1939 (that is, just one month before the war), and she died this Sunday, February 2, 2014, in Rome.

May she rest in peace.

Now, the information above comes from the Vatican Radio article (in German) on Sigrid Spath, from which we have chosen this remarkable excerpt:

Sigrid Spath translated in these cases [documents written by the Pope in Italian] the German Pope into German. One of her favorite books was Ratzinger's "Introduction to Christianity", dozens of copies of which she gave to Protestant students visiting Rome.

As Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger charged her personally with the German version of particularly sensitive documents, such as his response to the objections of Protestant theologians to the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification of 1999. It was also Cardinal Ratzinger who, according to her own testimony, advised Sigrid Spath to remain a Protestant, and not to convert to the Catholic Church, as she had considered in a moment of crisis. She could do more for both churches if she remained a Protestant, said the Cardinal. The Carinthian remained in the Protestant Christuskirche in Rome [the Evangelical-Lutheran community of Rome] throughout her life.

Benedict XVI visits Lutheran Christuskirche in Rome, Mar. 14, 2010:
no stand-alone altar in this church!

Note: Life-changing decisions should be avoided, if possible, in moments of distress and personal crisis, when reflection and meditation are impossible. But the justification presented by the Cardinal for why she should permanently remain a Protestant obviously influenced her in a permanent way, so that she felt compelled to declare it to others openly.

http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/02/she-wanted-to-convert-but-she-listened.html

Saint Agatha’s Breasts

Saint Agatha

Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647), Saint Peter Healing Saint Agatha

Father Leonard Feeney once remarked that certain Puritan sectaries refuse to pray the Hail Mary because the Catholic prayer has a bad word in it: womb. On the other hand, many of the Church’s most vociferous critics consider her to be obsessively strict — even fanatically so — on sexual matters.

Puritanical (or Jansenistic) extremists on the one hand, and libertines on the other, have both opposed Church teaching from their respective erroneous positions for millennia.

All this is background for a few comments on today’s feast, that of the virgin-martyr Saint Agatha. Here is what we said of her in our Saints to Remember:

Saint Agatha (251): She is the beautiful little virgin martyr of Catania, in Sicily, who was killed for the Catholic Faith.  Her name is mentioned in the Roman Canon of the Mass.  She is also one of the seven girls named in the Litany of the Saints.

Read entire article here:http://catholicism.org/saint-agathas-breasts.html

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Some Hard Truths about Divorce and Communion The Church can't change what Jesus taught, but is there a way she can be more pastorally sensitive?

The rumors are swirling through the popular press that Pope Francis will soon allow a more relaxed approach to the Catholic Church’s treatment of people who have been divorced and remarried. This article from Reuters suggests that a rift has developed between Archbishop Gerhard Müller, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Cardinal Óscar Maradiaga, the head of the Pope’s “G8” advisory board of cardinals.

First, we should be reminded what the discipline of the Church is regarding divorce and remarriage. The Catholic Church teaches that the sacrament of marriage is indissoluble based on the Lord’s teachings that what God has joined together, man cannot divide. 

However, the Church also recognizes that because of human weakness, marriages break down. Sometimes, the only answer is separation and even a civil divorce. However, if the marriage is valid, the couple (even if divorced by a civil court) is still considered to be married. Therefore, if the individuals remarry, he or she is committing adultery and attempting a marriage which cannot be in the eyes of the Church. The question then arises as to whether the marriage was valid in the first place. The marriage tribunal of a diocese consists of qualified canon lawyers who examine the marriage and decide if it was valid or not. If it was not valid, then a marriage never existed, and a decree of nullity can be granted.

Every marriage is assumed to be valid unless proven otherwise - and until a marriage is proven invalid and a decree of nullity is granted, those who are divorced and remarried may not be admitted to communion, since they are living in adultery. Many pastors find this approach excessively legalistic, harsh, and judgmental. In response to the German bishops who advocate a more lenient approach, Archbishop Müller has said there can be no change. Cardinal Maradiaga disputed the statement, saying, “Brother, life is not like that.”

The problem is complex, but the solutions may be even more difficult. Those who take a more relaxed position argue that the Lord’s mercy is everlasting and question whether Jesus, who welcomed all, would turn people away from his table simply because of their irregular marriage situation. To the woman taken in adultery, they argue, “Wouldn’t he say, ‘Neither do i condemn you?’” Those who favor a stricter approach emphasize the Lord’s final comment to the woman taken in adultery: “Go and sin no more.” Mercy is offered, but repentance and amendment of life is expected.
Somehow, we have to welcome all with the compassion and mercy of Christ while still upholding the indissolubility of marriage and marriage vows for life. Cardinal Maradiaga takes a practical pastoral approach by saying that “life is not like that.” Catholic moral teaching, however, is never determined only by circumstances. Morality is established through certain revealed, objective criteria. The Cardinal from Honduras says things are not so black and white, but it should be pointed out that you cannot have shades of grey if there is no black and white. In other words, without an objective standard there are no standards, and by definition, an objective standard is immoveable and seemingly harsh.

Read entire article:http://www.aleteia.org/en/religion/article/some-hard-truths-about-divorce-and-communion-5910552597495808

Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich - prophecies about Holy Mass & the Catholic Church

Prophecies about Holy Mass & the Catholic Church

Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich – prophecies about Holy Mass & the Catholic Church

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich – prophecies for our times?

These prophecies were made by 1820 by Anna Catherine Emmerich, a stigmatized Augustinian nun who bore the wounds of Jesus on her body and who lived many years solely on the Holy Communion until  she died. She was given many visions of our Blessed Lord and Lady including their earthly lives, printed into books. The following prophecies were recorded in The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich (1870) by Rev. Carl Schmoeger, C.SS.R. 

 

 In many cases the similarities with the post-Vatican II traumas suffered by the Church are striking.

  

 1.  “Among the strangest things that I saw, were long processions of bishops. Their thoughts and utterances were made known to me through images issuing from their mouths. Their faults towards religion were shown by external deformities … I saw what I believe to be nearly all the bishops of the world, but only a small number were perfectly sound. I also saw the Holy Father – God-fearing and prayerful. Nothing left to be desired in his appearance, but he was weakened by old age and by much suffering. His head was lolling from side to side, and it dropped onto his chest as if he was falling asleep …Then I saw that everything pertaining to Protestantism was gradually gaining the upperhand, and the Catholic religion fell into complete decadence. Most priests were lured by the glittering but false knowledge of young school-teachers, and they all contributed to the work of destruction. In those days, Faith will fall very low, and it will be preserved in some places only, in a few cottages and in a few families which God has protected from disasters and wars.” This seems to be an allusion to the last months of the pontificate of Benedict XVI and the Vatileaks scandal.

  

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis

2. “I saw also the relationship between two popes … I saw how baleful would be the consequences of this false church. I saw it increase in size; heretics of every kind came into the city of Rome. The local clergy grew lukewarm, and I saw a great darkness… I had another vision of the great tribulation. It seems to me that a concession was demanded from the clergy which could not be granted. I saw many older priests, especially one, who wept bitterly. A few younger ones were also weeping. But others, and the lukewarm among them, readily did what was demanded. It was as if people were splitting into two camps.” This could (hopefully not) refer to a future situation between popes Francis and Benedict XVI, or perhaps another era when two popes will be living at the same time. Interestingly, the prophecy does not consider any of the popes as being an anti-pope.

  

3. “I saw that many pastors allowed themselves to be taken up with ideas that were dangerous to the Church. They were building a great, strange, and extravagant Church. Everyone was to be admitted in it in order to be united and have equal rights: Evangelicals, Catholics, sects of every description. Such was to be the new Church … But God had other designs. … I saw again the new and odd-looking church which they were trying to build. There was nothing holy about it … People were kneading  bread in the crypt below … but it would not rise, nor did they receive the body of our Lord, but only bread. Those who were in error, through no fault of their own, and who piously and ardently longed for the Body of Jesus were spiritually consoled, but not by their communion. … I saw deplorable things: they were gambling, drinking, and talking in church; they were also courting women. All sorts of abominations were perpetrated there. Priests allowed everything and said Mass with much irreverence. I saw that few of them were still godly… All these things caused me much distress.” One is inclined to think that the prophecy refers to abuses by priests on minors, ecumenism implemented erroneously and abuses in the Novus Ordo Missae.

 

Jesus saying Holy Mass

4. “I had a vision of the holy Emperor Henry.  I saw him at night kneeling alone at the foot of the main altar in a great and beautiful church … and I saw the Blessed Virgin coming down all alone. She laid on the altar a red cloth covered with white linen. She placed a book inlaid with precious stones. She lit the candles and the perpetual lamp. Then came the Saviour Himself clad in priestly vestments. He was carrying the chalice and the veil. Two angels were serving Him and two more were following … Although there was no altar bell, the cruets were there. The wine was as red as blood, and there was also some water. The Mass was short. The Gospel of St. John was not read at the end. When the Mass had ended, Mary came up to Henry, and she extended her right hand towards him, saying that it was in recognition of his purity. Then she urged him not to falter. Thereupon I saw an angel, and he touched the sinew of his hip, like Jacob. Henry was in great pain; and from that day on he walked with a limp …” This is quite difficult to understand. But the interesting part is related to the fact that Jesus celebrated a Tridentine Mass without the last part, or else aNovus Ordo Missae in Latin – otherwise Blessed Emmerich would have mentioned the fact that it was in a vulgar tongue.

 

Thunder hits St. Peter’s – the last day of Benedict XVI’s pontificate.

5. “I saw the Church of St. Peter and an enormous number of people working to demolish it. At the same time I saw others repairing the Church. The demolishers took away large pieces; they were, above all, sectarians and apostates, in the majority. In their destructive work these people seemed to follow certain orders and a certain rule. I saw with horror, that among them were Catholic priests. I saw the Pope praying, surrounded by false friends who frequently, did the contrary of what he had ordered.”Could be a reference to the current situation whereby Pope Francis will attempt to reform the Roman Curia after Vatileaks.

 

 Continue reading: http://pro-tridentina-malta.blogspot.ca/2013/05/bl-anne-catherine-emmerich-prophecies.html?m=1

Vatican Refuses To Extradite Polish Archbishop Accused of Child Sex Abuse

Faithful attend the Angelus prayer of Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, 06 January 2014. EPA/DONATELLA GIAGNORI

From:The News.pl

The Vatican has said that a Polish archbishop

 accused of child abuse while serving as papal 

nuncio in the Dominican Republic cannot be

 extradited to Poland.

The confirmation follows a request for clarification by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw concerning Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, one of two Polish clergyman accused of child abuse in the Dominican Republic.

“Archbishop Wesolowski is a citizen of the Vatican, and Vatican law does not allow for his extradition,” a statement from the Holy See clarified.

Przemyslaw Nowak from the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw has said the Vatican has confirmed that it is proceeding with its own investigation concerning the archbishop.

Wesolowski was recalled by the Vatican from his post as papal nuncio in the Dominican Republic in August 2013, and dismissed from office.

Although the Vatican has not disclosed the precise whereabouts of Archbishop Wesolowski, it is understood that since August he has been residing either within the Vatican city, or Rome.

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Vatican’s illegal downloads

Whatever happened to Modesty of the Eyes????

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“What is not seen is not desired, and to the desire succeeds the consent.”

-Saint Francis de Sales – Doctor of the Church

 

“If Eve had not looked at the forbidden apple, she should not have fallen; but because she saw that it was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and beautiful to behold, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat. (Gen 3:6) The devil first tempts us to look, then to desire, and afterwards to consent.”  “A deliberate glance at a person of a different sex often enkindles an infernal spark, which consumes the soul.”

- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church

 

Through the eyes “generally speaking all disordered affections and desires are excited,”  St. Alphonsus Liguori

Vatican’s illegal downloads include ‘Billy Elliot’ and ‘Lesbian Hair Salon

ROME — Computer users in the Vatican apparently have an illegal taste for the German heavy metal band Scorpions, the coming-of-age dance film “Billy Elliot,” the television comedy series “Camp” — as well as more, ahem, adult content — according to information from Netherlands-based company TorrentFreak.

TorrentFreak is a news site that focuses on file sharing and intellectual property issues, but may be best known for its occasional reports on the illegal peer-to-peer downloading of files.

The Vatican is not the only place guilty of illegal downloads, based on data gathered by the company: the U.S. Congress and even some of the Hollywood studios waging war against illegal file sharing have hosted their fair share of illicit downloaders.

TorrentFreak founder and director Ernesto Van der Sar said that because of the small number of downloads and the Vatican’s tiny population, it is difficult to draw conclusions about whether the number of illegal downloads at the Holy See are unusually high or low. But some conclusions can still be drawn.

“Keep in mind that with numbers this small, what we are seeing could be the work of as few as three or four individuals,” Van der Sar said. “One thing that stands out, though, is the lack of downloads of recent content. Usually, you see a lot of downloads of the latest blockbusters or new television series. But there is almost none of that at the Vatican.”

Van der Sar said estimates are that pornography makes up between 10 and 20 percent of all peer-to-peer downloads worldwide. And that’s the case in the Vatican, as well, where someone downloaded a XXX offering called “Flexy Teens Naked Gymnast,” for example, and another called “Lesbian Hair Salon.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/vaticans-illegal-downloads-include-billy-elliot-and-lesbian-hair-salon