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Earlier this spring, I posted a warning about the blow that many of us thought was going to land during Holy Week 2023. Was it going to be Traditiones Custodes Part Deux? Were traditionally-minded Catholics going to be clobbered with yet another hammer blow against the Traditional Latin Mass?
Many of us thought so. Including me.
We didn’t quite see that develop as feared. That’s a good thing.
Pretty much.
But the attacks have persisted in other forms. Rome is still nibbling away at the edges of Tradition. We still see frequent sideswipes against Tradition coming from Rome. Take that Synodal Synod on Synodality, for one example.
The Synod. What a mess. What a piece of work. What a disaster for the Church.
Even though the Synod brings us another step closer to unleashing the Ape of the Church upon us, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a few laughs at its expense.
And with that, we offer the following little video. It’s less than a minute.
Enjoy.
Expect a new round of attacks this Easter Season.
The rumors have been swirling around for months that another round of attacks against the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) are imminent, and that they’ll most likely come during Holy Week. Maybe it’s just because I’m an old Navy guy, but I’m getting this WW2 inbound air raid type of vibe. The attack is coming. We need to be ready.
Those iconic images of Sailors in the Pacific fighting off wave after wave of kamikaze attacks…admittedly, the analogy (or is it a metaphor?) can only go so far.
It’s not like we can pepper the sky with flak and shoot down an incoming motu proprio like it was an actual torpedo bomber or something. No, my imaginary flak curtains can’t stop a diktat before it slams into us, detonating in the midst of that form of worship and belief we hold so very dear.
The only type of “barrage” we can put up is prayer. If we have a good bishop, one who fights for his people, we can continue to support him with prayers, and letters/emails/phonecalls of encouragement. If we have a not-so-good, weak, or outright hostile bishop, we should likewise support him with prayers and letters/emails/phonecalls of protest. Let him know that these vicious and unjust pogroms being launched by Rome hurt the Faithful. If “unity” is supposed to be the big deal, why is our senior leadership hell-bent on wiping us out?
If your particular TLM community is under threat, it’s not too late to start considering your options. If you’re kicked out, can you find a priest to say Mass for you in an “off-site” location? Conference Room 6 at the local Sheraton may be a big comedown from attending the Holy Sacrifice in a beautiful church, but we have to be ready to resituate ourselves in whatever catacombs we can.
We’ll have to wait and see what happens.
We won’t have to wait long…
Given the news from Argentina today, I think we should ignore Evita Peron’s advice. We definitely need to cry for Argentina.
According to People Magazine (people.com):
On Wednesday, the South American nation reached the milestone in women’s reproductive rights after the Argentine Senate voted 38 to 29 in favor of the measure, making the country the fourth in Latin America to legalize abortion after Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana, according to multiple outlets.
At the time I’m posting this, I’m not sure what (if anything) our Argentine Pope has to say on the matter. I’m sure that many of his friends (Jeffrey Sachs, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, et. al.) are delighted. Massive crowds celebrating the ability to murder their children seems just the perfect icing on the cake of this wretched year 2020, doesn’t it?
Pray for an end to abortion.
In an earlier video, CCM contributor Hank Igitur offered a startlingly effective solution to the priest shortage in the Amazon Basin. If the hierarchy adopted his revolutionary idea,** there might not even be a need to have the Amazon Synod in the first place!
Well, as you might imagine, there has been considerable feedback on this radical idea. In this latest video, Hank recaps some of the more interesting comments he’s received!
**The radical idea: send missionaries. I know! Crazy, right?
They dropped the “H-Word” a few days ago. It’s effect has been more like an H-bomb.
A group of prominent theologians and scholars (some of them priests) have issued a letter to all the bishops of the world outlining the case that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has committed multiple acts of formal heresy.
This is a big deal. A terrifying deal.
Accusing Christ’s Vicar on Earth of heresy is one of those things that once said, is extremely difficult to retract. The people who have done this have effectively ended their careers. Think of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence: in so doing, they all but put a British noose around their own necks. Their signatures sealed their own death warrants.
No, I am not comparing this letter to the Declaration of Independence, nor am I comparing these theologians and scholars with the Founding Fathers of the American republic, so stop what you’re thinking. What I am saying however, is that the signers of this twenty page letter have taken a step of the utmost gravity, which will have far-reaching consequences for them…and for us.
Back during the Cold War, a group of concerned scientists came up with something that became known as (among other things) the “Doomsday Clock.” Whenever some incident between the Americans and Soviets served to increase tensions, the minute hand on clock (which was initially set sometime after 11:30 PM-ish) moved another minute closer to midnight, the idea being that once the clock reached midnight, WWIII would start and with it, of course, nuclear Armageddon.
If there is a “Schism Clock” counting down the minutes until a major disaster strikes the Roman Catholic Church, this letter surely must have moved the minute hand a notch or two.
The letter does not read like some sort of tinfoil hat manifesto; far from it. The people who assembled it cited a series of specific incidents, documented them thoroughly, and provided excerpts from Church Councils, Holy Scripture, and other sources to demonstrate that each incident cited violated one or more critical aspects of Catholic Church teaching/dogma.
Can this document, in and of itself, convict a Roman Pontiff of heresy? I’m not so sure. It’s pretty much a given that the pope, being Christ’s Vicar and direct representative on Earth, is subject to the judgement of no man…only Almighty God Himself can sit in judgement of his actions.
And yet, these incidents–most of which I remember having been thoroughly amazed at when they transpired–do seem to directly contradict established Church teaching…or at least muddy them to the point where we laity are thoroughly confused. A group of Cardinals asked Pope Francis to provide clarification (the famous Dubia of Cardinal Burke, et. al.) on some of the most troubling portions of his document Amoris Laetitia, but rather than providing the asked -for clarity, Francis made a point of completely ignoring them. That tactic might have been considered a brilliant maneuver in the game of Vatican politics, but it didn’t do much to calm the brewing storm in the Church. And that storm is reaching typhoon-intensity.
Correspondent Hank Igitur, the “Traditional Roamin’ Catholic,” shares his concerns in the following video, along with a set of recommended resources for those hoping to better understand the crisis which is upon us.
President Trump has done more to defend religious liberty and defend the pre-born than any President in modern history. Sadly, too many Catholic prelates reveal their true loyalties when instead of embracing the American President and helping to shape his presidency, they condemn him and dismiss him out of hand. Sure they’ll tell you he is vulgar and had past transgressions; they gladly “throw the baby out with the bath water.” Yes, these are the same men, men who wear miters, who will cover and defend true predators like McCarrick while simultaneously embracing pro-abort CINO politicians such as Cuomo, Pelosi, Durbin and Gillibrand, to name a few.
Isn’t it interesting… we have prelates, supposed shepherds of the Catholic Church, Bishop Foys comes to mind, eager to throw mere children under the bus, demanding their heads roll with absolutely no understanding of the situation on the ground or facts surrounding the Covington Boys incident on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial; meanwhile… sitting comfortably in a friary in Victoria, Kansas, is an 88-year-old archbishop who’d been abusing little boys and seminarians for decades… AND, he still retains his priestly faculties. To make matters worse, in November at the urging of Cardinal Cupich a majority of US Bishops voted to not press Rome on the issue of former Cdl. McCarrick. Among the very few true shepherds there is pack of hellish wolves and they are devouring the faithful. It is way past time to hold ground, the time for purging and actual restoration is upon us.
A miter does not make you a saint and a MAGA hat does not make you a sinner. A man who possesses both a miter and a MAGA hat (even if figuratively), now there’s a man that merits your attention. And if you are privileged to know of such a man, DO NOT make the grave mistake of revealing his name, you’ll have painted an indelible target on him.
Ahhh! The tranquility! The beauty! The splendor! Come and enjoy some traditional poetry with a Catholic flavor.
This venerable old warrior for the Faith turns 78 this week. Please continue to support Abp. Viganò in your prayers.
And, while you’re at it…why not write your local bishop and let him know that you support Abp. Viganò, that you consider the allegations in his written testimonies to be accurate and worthy of intense scrutiny. Ask your bishop–very pointedly–whether he supports Viganò or not? (And if not, why the heck not?!)
Need a quick refresher on the various statements our man Viganò has made, each of which made the Lavender Mafia and the Boys from St. Galen very nervous? Take a look at the following list, kindly provided by LifeSiteNews (which is a great resource, by the way!):
And, while you’re still at it…Sign LifeSite’s petition for Archbishop Vigano here.
Archbishop Viganò urges McCarrick to publicly repent in new open letter (January 14, 2019)
Archbishop Viganò urges US bishops to confront sex abuse as ‘courageous shepherds’ (November 13, 2018)
Archbishop Viganò issues third testimony, refutes accusations of Cardinal Ouellet (October 19, 2018)
Archbishop Viganò releases second testimony responding to Pope’s silence on McCarrick cover-up (September 27, 2018)
Archbishop Viganò issues first testimony, implicating Pope Francis in McCarrick abuse cover-up (August 25, 2018)
How is it that heterodox (to put it mildly) “celebrity priests” are feted, praised, wined and dined by our bishops, but the orthodox priests who are trying to shine a light on the scandals destroying Holy Mother Church are disciplined and suppressed?
I guess you can chalk it up to the “Lavender Mafia” continuing to do its thing…and do it well.
LifeSiteNews published an article describing the treatment of Fr. Mark Goring, a “regular guy” kind of priest who had developed a decent sized following on YouTube. I guess you could call him a “celebrity priest” of sorts owing to his online audience, but he’s certainly no media darling like superstar Fr. James Martin.
Fr. Goring has spent the last few months attempting to shed light on what he calls the “corruption network” at work in the Church. We all know it’s happening, and we laity have wondered why more priests and bishops aren’t stepping forward to call the powerful and corrupt to account for their misdeeds.
Well, Fr. Mark tried…and boy, was he smacked down for it!
Read the entire excellent article by Lisa Bourne here at LifeSiteNews.
Fr. Mark’s “cease and desist” video was archived and can be viewed HERE.