“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.” ― St. Antony the Great
“The sign that we are far from the Lord is hypocrisy. The
hypocrite does not need the Lord, he is saved by himself – so he thinks – and
he disguises himself as a saint.”
“What makes people hypocrites?” he asked, observing that
“they disguise themselves, they disguise themselves as good people: they make
themselves up like little holy cards, looking up at heaven as they pray, making
sure they are seen – they believe they are more righteous than others,” but
really “they despise others.”
A few days after being elected, Bergoglio spoke before the assembled media in the Paul VI Audience Hall. I recall that he refused to bless them because they were not all Catholics and he said that he would not provide a blessing because he respected their consciences. I have no time to look up a transcript or video of the event, if someone can, please leave it in the comment section. Today in Sicily, he did it again. He refused a pontifical blessing so as not to offend the "many non-Catholic Christians, those of other religions, and the agnostics." Yet, he himself has no problem being "blest" by a layman.
The man is truly evil.
He denied Catholics the right to the pontifical blessing and denied those non-Catholic Christians, agnostics and others the opportunity for grace to be poured out that might lead to their conversion.
If there is a more dumbass clericalist in the Church today than Blase Cupich, it would be a surprise. Here he is pictured with his Uncle, Teddy McCarrick having just given him an award.
Oh, by the way, Bergoglio just appointed him to the shameful Synod of Bishops on Youth, this coming October. When will the non-gay Catholic priests and seminarians of Chicago rise up and depose this filthy malefactor?
The list with the names of the gay lobby: The Vatican trembles
Il Fatto Quotidiano
5 Sep 2018
FRANCESCA FAGNANI
Behind the tenacious silence of the highest levels of the Vatican regarding the accusations made in the now-famous document of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò may be the fear of being smeared by new facts and developments which may come to light in the explosion of the “nuclear war” which is said to be occurring – for several days now – within the Holy See.
Yesterday we told you about the “Farrell case” which alleged that a dossier had been given to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which oversees the handling of cases of sexual and other moral crimes, concerning Kevin Joseph Farrell, one-time auxiliary bishop of Washington, which if proven true would fall like a boulder on top of the Pope. Farrell, directly nominated by Bergoglio as head of the Dicastery for the Family, lived together with Theodore McCarrick, former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, who was involved in numerous cases of sexual abuse against seminarians.
Upon contacting the Congregation for a comment, or perhaps a denial, the response was: “There will be no comment.” The Vatican thus is not denying the report of Il Fatto Quotidiano, but like McCarrick chooses the strategy of silence. Also because the concerns of the Holy See do not end here.
The new clouds on the horizon are the concrete possibility that there will be a leak of the documents pertaining to the investigation of cardinals Julián Herranz, Jozef Tomko e Salvatore De Giorgi, which they gave to Pope Benedict XVI prior to his resignation. The report contains a detailed and disturbing account of the moral and financial corruption of Vatican clergy, with specific names and circumstances. We have succeeded in seeing a copy of the document with the papal seal on the heading, and from which we will publish excerpts here: a list of both prelates and lay people who belong to the so-called gay lobby, who by means of blackmail and secrets are able to influence, or have influenced, the positions and careers of both themselves and others.
We will not reveal the specific names given in the list, but we are able to confirm that among the names there are persons removed by the Pope, others who had their offices changed, others who still hold important strategic positions in the internal workings of the Vatican, such as in the Propaganda Fide and the Secretariate of State.
The investigation of the three cardinals Herranz- Tomko- De Giorgi has as yet remained “top secret.” However, a small and yet not-so-small circle of persons had the opportunity to read it, and this before the Conclave of 2013, in order to give a hand to the Holy Spirit who would carry Bergoglio across the threshold of the papacy. In order to make the report, dozens of priests and high prelates were interrogated, and all sorts of documents were gathered together. If the public became aware of the content of the report, it would be a disaster for the image of the Church, already devastated throughout the world by sexual scandals. But that is exactly what could happen in this phase of the battle, since the squawking of “crows” is a secular practice which takes place in the Vatican every time there is an escalation in which the civil war gets fiercer.
And this time the war is against the Pope himself. This time Bergoglio can no longer count on the protection of the Curia, given that he has such a complicated relationship with it both personally and doctrinally (one need only think of the questions of the dubia raised by the four cardinals to the Pope concerning the encyclical Amoris Laetitia, in which Bergoglio opened up communion to the divorced and remarried).
Nor can Francis count on some of his powerful friends and allies, overwhelmed as they are by their own sex scandals or by having covered up for others: McCarrick and Farrell, Cardinals Roger Mahony and Godfried Danneels, on the Chilean bishops, on the very powerful number 3 in the Vatican Cardinal George Pell, currently on trial in Australia for multiple sex crimes. Pell wanted to resign as the Vatican Minister of Finance, but the Pope preferred a simple leave of absence. Moreover, when he was named as Number 3 at the Vatican Bergoglio himself could not possibly not have known about Pell’s abuses.
We ask by means of our newspaper to Pope Bergoglio and to Secretary of State Parolin: bring clarity to matters of McCarrick, Farrell and the commission of the three cardinals, to the moral questions which cannot be hidden away under a veil of silence. The reform of the church will take place by means of the truth.
Good grief. It is becoming hard to keep up with the bloodletting of the sodomite perverts and their protectors. What do we find? An alleged priest, Manual LaRosa-Lopez, was arrested in Conroe, Texas on four counts of "indecency with a child." It turns out that Cardinal DiNardo who has been urging Pope Francis to act regarding episcopal pervert cover-uppers has been accused of being a cover-upper himself.
Cardinal
Jozef De Kesel, a Danneels protege who once placed a priest credibly accused of
sexually abusing a minor in charge of a parish, also promotes female ordination,
'voluntary' priestly celibacy, and wants the Church to bless homosexual unions.
Pope
Francis promoted him.
Cardinal
Anders Arborelius, who knew about a predatory priest for 7 years, but did
nothing other than offer the victim counselling until the case went public,
also proposes the creation of an advisory body of women similar to the College
of Cardinals.
Pope
Francis promoted him.
Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix was accused of ignoring a decades-long case of child sex abuse perpetrated by a member of his own Pius X Secular Institute (no affiliation to the SSPX) for years. He defended Amoris Laetitia as a "beautiful" document.
Pope Francis promoted him.
Cardinal Luis Ferrer, currently head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, was recently summoned to appear in criminal court in France for allegedly being informed of a priest's confirmed past abuses and not reporting them to authorities.
Pope Francis promoted him.
Cardinal Giovanni Becciu, Deputy Emeritus of the Secretariat of State, suspended an external audit of the Vatican's finances upon learning that the auditor-general, Libero Milone, had begun to uncover potentially incriminating fiscal irregularities.
Pope Francis promoted him.
Cardinal Jean Zerbo, along with two other bishops from Mali, hid a total of $13.5 million dollars in undisclosed Swiss bank accounts, which then mysteriously "evaporated". The purpose of the accounts and the fate of the money remains unclear.
“In these times, it seems like the 'Great
Accuser' has been unchained and is attacking bishops. True, we are all sinners,
we bishops. He tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to
scandalize the people."
It was St. Gregory the Great who said;
"It is better for scandal to arise than the truth to be suppressed."
It should not be too hard to decide who is correct and who is a liar a deceiver and a fraud.
Does this malefactor masquerading as the Vicar of Christ on Earth have any feelings for the victims or the sufferings of faithful Catholics now? With this kind of attitude, can Bergoglio not be an abuser himself? Does he really expect us to believe anything he might say to defend against the Viganò Testimony? He only confirms more and more on a daily basis how right Viganò was and how corrupt the rest really are.
What more does this puss filled boil on the seat of Peter have to do to convince all that he is a sociopath in his treatment of the poor faithful, and as far as Carlo Maria Viganò, goes, an actual psychopath.
This malefactor, this pompous arrogant monster Bergoglio would rather keep secret the corruption and filth of the bishops. These are not private sins, these are public sins. This is not a case where of a few men with same-sex attraction fell, these are actions which are demonic, satanic, we are in Black Mass territory.
Bishops, Cardinals, you faithful to Our Lord Jesus Christ, how long will you silent whilst this filthy arrogant man continues to scandalise and insult the faithful. You sit there in fear of this man, yet; you have no love for the sheep and no fear of God.
If you think you can watch this video, pray the St. Michael Prayer first.
In 2009, 67 victims of perverts came forward with accusations of abuse by priests at the Provolo Institute in Verona, Italy. Various articles and history can be found at this link. The perversion extended to their branch school in Argentina. On Sunday, the hypocritical pustulant boil on the seat of Peter urged us to "not be deaf or silent in the face of suffering." The deaf can now speak, they are no longer silent. But that filthy hypocrite Bergoglio who would mock these victims and state such a thing whilst he himself remains silent is nothing more than a minion of Satan. He is barely better than the priest in this video. A friend of mine, an abuse victim himself, went yesterday to do a Holy Hour for the priest in the video because that priest is unrepentant and will go to Hell. I told my friend that he is a better man than me.
RCF was able to break into a sodomite priest chat group called "St. Sebastian's Angels" and discovered a cesspool of perversion and sacrilege. Bishops were taken out including one in South Africa who wanted to do a few things to "Ratz." - then Pope Benedict XVI.
You can view the capture web page at this link, but be forewarned. there are explicit pictures of priests who uploaded the photos themselves, so forewarned, is forearmed.
(PETERSBURG, IL. September 8, 2018) — In July of 2009, the Board Members of Roman Catholic Faithful, Inc. elected to suspend operations after twelve years of fighting corruption in the Catholic Church. Said Stephen Brady, founder and president of RCF, "Our organization began after we learned that the bishop of Springfield, Illinois, the late Daniel Ryan, was paying young male prostitutes for sex. Soon calls for our assistance came from around the U.S. We sponsored a number of symposia in cities across the country, and we picketed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on at least two occasions.
"We were privileged to receive the sage advice of holy priests such as Fr. John Hardon, Fr. Charles Fiore, Fr. Peter Mascari, and the legendary Fr. Malachi Martin," Mr. Brady explained. "Yet, we closed our doors after we became convinced that clerical corruption could not be fought simply on a piecemeal basis on a local level; rather, it became clear that the greater part of the post-conciliar Church had lost the Faith. We urged our supporters to attend the Traditional Mass whenever possible, to recite the daily Rosary, to live the life of grace and to pray very hard for the reform of the Church." (RCF's “goodbye letter” can be found at http://rcf.org/RCFgoodbye.pdf)
However, Mr. Brady continued, "The events that have unfolded during the last several months, most particularly the report of the grand jury that investigated the sexual molestation of children in Pennsylvania, have led us to believe that we must once more jump into the fray. It has become impossible for us to stand idle after reading the grand jury report (available at http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/report-on-pennsylvania-church-sex-abuse/2319/). The various committees and commissions proposed by several bishops can be counted on to be a complete waste of time and money. This amounts to the wolves investigating the wolves."
In the past, RCF not only addressed immorality among the clergy but also fought diocesan heterodox teaching and liturgical abuses. These things, although important to its members, will no longer be included in RCF's active mission. Said Mr. Brady, "We have one mission now – to expose the network of sexual immorality among the Catholic clergy in the United States, and most importantly to expose the bishops and cardinals who have enabled their crimes. If we work on this project for ten years, and spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars, and save only one child from being molested, we will have considered our work a success. Frankly, though, we anticipate doing much better."
In closing, Mr. Brady stated, "And now a word to the bishops and cardinals in the United States:
"We are going to put the dioceses and episcopal sees of each of you under a microscope. We are willing to crawl into the darkest dens of depravity where children are molested and expose this entire network and enterprise to the public. To those of you bishops and cardinals willing to assist us and cooperate, we thank you in advance. For those of you who will oppose our crusade, let me make this clear – we are going to name names and take whatever remedial action we find necessary, including picketing, urging boycotts of financial contributions by parishioners and....well, let’s just say we have a few other ideas as well."
Mr. Brady concluded, "For assistance in this fight the Roman Catholic Faithful ask for the help of Almighty God and the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. Viva Cristo Rey! Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!"
To schedule an Interview or to speak with Stephen Brady, please contact media@rcf.org.
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts (charged with the interpretation of Canon Law) and his Secretary, Msgr. Luigi Capozzi
“Oh I make no excuses. All my life it's been my ambition to surround myself with rare and beautiful things. Suddenly faced with this golden opportunity...” ~The Lavender Hill Mob
How stupid does the Vatican think we are? The contempt for which they hold the laity knows no bounds. The people of God are treated like ignorant sheep who are on a need to know basis and they need to know nothing.
Silence the sheep.
Spare us the lame and convenient Bergoglian Who Am I to judge narrative. Lest we forget that our weekly parish collection basket helps to pay their rent, their meals, their scarlet birettas, their croziers, their episcopal rings, their cars, their luxury apartments and their parties.
Speaking of parties and luxury apartments, despite the Vatican’s best efforts to muzzle the Vatican Gendarmerie, Italian media and the Curia, the infamous Msgr. Luigi “Cocaine” Capozzi, Secretary to the powerful Cardinal Francesco “Positive Realities of Homosexuals”
Msgr. Luigi Capozzi was arrested for hosting a raucous drug fueled homosexual orgy.
The man in the background above is Chris O'Leary of St. Louis. Chris is a survivor of sexual predation by a priest. The story he tells is tragic, shameful and shockingly cruel.
I came across Chris on Twitter, I've had some communication with him. Chris is in a hard place right now. Something you may not have considered is how hard this publicity is on the victims as it provokes the anxiety, memories, rage and PTSD associated with the events. Yet, it is also helping because it brings to the fore the absolute evil and the need for justice.
Chris is in a hard way, surviving from the abuse, cancer and the impact all of this has had on him. The treatment that he has received from the Archdiocese of St. Louis for a number of years is disgraceful. Friends, I believe this includes the years under Raymond Cardinal Burke. Let us not hide behind anything that may have perpetuated this. I am publishing below, Chris' story and his pleading for assistance on GoFundMe.
If you think you can help Chris, take that envelope you were going to give today to the parish and diocese that has raped and abused boys like Chris and then covered it up, and send it to him.
My name is Chris O'Leary and I'm a survivor of abuse by a Catholic priest.
And worse.
- The Second Scandal
Most recently, I told my story -- and described the plight of survivors -- to EWTN.
- Why Two States Might Begin a Probe Into Clergy Sex Abuse
In sum...
1. I've spent the past year -- coincidentally, EXACTLY a year -- fighting to force the Archdiocese of St. Louis to recognize the (continuing) plight of survivors like me. And to help us. Actually. This week my efforts were rewarded and my prayers were answered with the announcement that the Attorney General of Missouri is opening an investigation into the actions of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
2. The Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Catholic Church promise treatment for survivors of abuse by priests, but what I received was only torment; psychological abuse on top of my original sexual abuse. A year ago I did receive a settlement of $9,000 (net) from the Archdiocese, but I lived off of that settlement over the past year as I fought to help the other survivors who have contacted me and the others who I know are out there. And that money is now gone.
3. I was forced to settle for that small settlement, instead of going to trial, due to the (sadly successful) efforts of the Archdiocese of St. Louis to create a problem with the Statute Of Limitations by first Gaslighting me and then giving me the Run-Around. And I'm not the only survivor the Archdiocese of St. Louis did that to.
4. I was fighting Cancer (Malignant Melanoma) at the same time (2013-2016) I was fighting the Archdiocese of St. Louis -- which they knew due to the lawsuit I filed and the discovery process -- leaving me with $6,000 of unpaid medical debt to SLU hospital and my surgeon.
As a result, I'm broke.
Bankrupt.
When I last checked, I had $.40 to my name.
Yes, 40 cents.
Fighting the Archdiocese of St. Louis, forcing them to open their files to the Attorney General of Missouri, and financing that fight with my settlement, was worth it.
Completely.
But it's left me mentally and physically exhausted.
Vatican officials are on the hunt for Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò.
According to sources within the Vatican, the Secretariat of State of the Holy See — under the direction of Pietro Cardinal Parolin — has communicated an instruction to its internal and external security services to use its "intelligence resources" to locate the physical whereabouts of Abp. Viganò. This request has been communicated not only in order to prevent more unpredictable damage to the image of Pope Francis and the Holy See on the world stage, but also to "prepare the terrain" for the former apostolic nuncio-turned-whistleblower to be prosecuted for alleged multiple crimes against Vatican and Church law.
The urgency with which the location of Abp. Viganò is being sought is all the more palpable since, according to canon 1507 of the Code of Canon Law and other procedural and penal norms of the Holy See and Vatican City State, Abp. Viganò cannot be prosecuted or even punished unless he first be given the opportunity to be officially notified in writing of the specific canonical and Vatican crimes he is alleged to have committed and be given the opportunity to defend himself against them.
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As first reported by the very well-informed Baron Roberto de Mattei (Corrispondenza Romana, September 5), criminal counts are said to be in the process of being researched and drafted in a libellus accusatorius (canonical criminal complaint) for Viganò having allegedly committed perjury for his having breached pontifical and other forms of state secrecy in violation of, among other norms, the Instruction Secreta continere on the Pontifical Secret issued on February 4, 1974 by John Cardinal Villot, Secretary of State of the Vatican.
From the cleric who said that no family was as "irregular" as The Holy Family.
From the Basilian who praised the now dead and decaying homoerotic-heretic apostate Gregory Baum who after he left the priesthood to marry a former nun but before and after engaged in sodomy said; "you remain a faithful, deeply devoted Catholic; you love Jesus, the Church, the Eucharist". (that must have come as a big surprise to homoerotic-heretic Baum).
From the intimate of the Argentinian pervert protector, Bergoglio who said that "Pope Francis breaks Catholic traditions whenever he wants because he is “free from disordered attachments.” Our Church has indeed entered a new phase: with the advent of this first Jesuit pope, it is openly ruled by an individual rather than by the authority of Scripture alone or even its own dictates of tradition plus Scripture."\
This image of Bergoglio has made the rounds, often showing up in feeds or memes. It is as if he is saying, "no, not me." Now, we know from where it comes, a confrontation in St. Peter's Square with German filmmakers asking his covering up for abuse in Argentina in one specific case. The excerpt is below, the whole film, in German, can be viewed through the link at LifeSiteNews. Thank you Dear Reader: You can generate English subtitles. Open the settings (gear) icon which is right next to "YouTube" on the bottom right just below screen. Go to Subtitles/CC. Choose German (auto generated). German is checked but right below you can now select auto-translate which will give you a long list of languages, including of course, English.
The full film needs to be subtitled and widely distributed. Here are the decisive 12 minutes about Bergoglio and Argentina.
The case concerns one Judas Priest pervert, Julio César Grassi, but there are more as the witnesses testify and as they confirm that Bergoglio ignored their please and their letters. This follows on the reports by Marco Tosatti, since removed but captured elsewhere, of a clear case of cover-up and accusations by the victim's mother.
The time for action is long since passed. The fetid swamp of homosexual infiltration in the Holy Catholic Church must be exposed.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is a malefactor, a wretched man who from the very beginning to aid form perverts (McCarrick) and their protectors (Danneels) and surrounded himself with them, (Ricca) and that was the first two days!
From the insults emanating from his mouth to blasphemies to heresies such as Amoris Laetitia and to the cover-up of this filth of homosexuality and abuse, Bergoglio has proven that he is not on the side of Christ or you and me but on that of his "god of surprises."
Now, we see have his minions such as Coccopalmerio, a man whose secretary is an active homosexual and was caught in a cocaine-fueled orgy in a Vatican apartment, musing about a suspension for Carlo Maria Viganò.
These men are evil. The pressure must be maintained, they must get the message that we are in this fight, we are not abandoning our Lord and His Church, our Mother to them, and that we will expose them and out them without ceasing.
But Jimmy Martin wants you and me to show tolerance to this filthy scum.
Under Blase Cupich, he'll accompany them no doubt and Francis will show mercy.
They organised youth groups. Will the Catholics of Chicago demand an lay lead investigation into the goings on at this parish and to determine if these two sodomite Judas Priests had raped any boys?
“Giraldo’s pants were unzipped and open,” the police report states. “His penis was erect and fully visible. This act was occuring in full view of the public passing by on Ocean Drive and the sidewalk. It should be noted that the vehicle’s windows were completely clear “no tints/sunscreening material.)”
Berrio was performing oral sex on Giraldo-Cortez, who was sitting in the driver’s seat. Giraldo Cortez faces an additional charge of indecent exposure.
The priests “did not immediately notice my presence,” the police officer who responded to the 911 call wrote in his report. “To get their attention, I was forced to knock on the window.”
Father Juan Carlos Gavancho, removed from parish for stunning anti-corruption homily (From his video ‘Basta’)
On Sunday, August 26, the day after the Vigano testimony was published, a young Catholic priest named Juan Carlos Gavancho preached a bold homily in the Santa Barbara, California, parish where he was assistant pastor. He preached about scandal, and standing up for the faith. You can hear the entire homily here, on his Facebook page. It’s 20 minutes long, but the most intense part starts shortly after the 10-minute mark. I have transcribed it below.
The reaction to this sermon was swift. Father Gavancho was told to get his things and vacate the rectory. [UPDATE: I’m hearing that the homily is not why he was kicked out of the parish; I’m trying to find out more. — RD] His name was taken off the parish website.
Thank you, Father Z, for posting this. I was brought up to date on this situation only this morning by a parishioner of Our Lady of Sorrows. To elaborate, Fr. Gavancho was thrown out of the rectory by the pastor at 7:30 in the evening this past Tuesday and not allowed to even take all his possessions nor told why. He ended up in a hotel that night. Unfortunately for the pastor and two of his minions, a parishioner was looking for Fr. Gavancho for a pre-scheduled meeting when they entered the rectory and witnessed the expulsion. So there is a witness. The pastor has only been ordained for a few years and is more preoccupied with the décor of “his” church and is arrogant. The line from the archdiocese is that this occurred because Fr. Gavancho was rude to some people.
Excerpt:
The evil has found in the Church a hold. And it is natural for people to believe that there is nothing else to do in the Catholic Church. Maybe many are thinking of leaving the Church. After the terrible experience of 2002, with the abuses, many people left the Church. Now, another opportunity, many people are going to leave. I hope they don’t do, I tell them that they need to stay, that this is the Church of Christ. But if they do, believe me, I understand. Because it is very bad what we have allowed to take place in the Catholic Church in the world. Because this is not only America. In the world! Everywhere! Chile. Ireland. Australia. Everywhere.
If you are Catholic, and you love the Catholic Church, you cannot just say, “Well, let’s pray, let’s offer a couple of rosaries, and we’ll see what happens.” You cannot do that. You have to pray, but pray for truth. You need to pray so God can act. He has begun to act. Who may think that yesterday, that a former Vatican ambassador from the Holy See to the United States was going to write 10, 11 pages letter saying this — asking for the resignation of a pope?! Who may think that? If you had told me that yesterday morning, I wouldn’t have believed you. But that’s what happened.
So, what are we doing now? Where are we going from here? First of all, we must understand one thing. This Church, the Catholic Church, is the Church of Christ. It is the Bride of Christ. St. Paul is right when he said in the letter to the Ephesians, “He has cleansed the Church with His Cross, with His blood.” She is beautiful. We have betrayed her. This is not an abusive church. This is a holy church that has fallen into the hands of abusive, evil men, who are trying to destroy the Church from within, since they couldn’t do it from the outside throughout the centuries.
But you must be aware that Christ is in charge of the church. He is in charge. Sometimes on days like this, we may not see him. We may not feel him. And we may cry out like we did at the beginning of the mass, “Please, Lord, help us! Have mercy on us!” But he’s in charge, and he will bring justice. He’s already begun to do that. These things I have told you are just the beginning. Just the beginning. Many bad things are going to happen, and we need to be glad, because nothing is better than the truth. To know what is happening, even though it may be ugly, it may be painful, to know it is very good. So, Christ is in charge.
Second, pray. Do sacrifices. Pray the rosary. Come closer to the Lord. Ask the Lord to be part of his flock. Because you will see many wearing cassocks like this, or chasubles like this, many preaching from the pulpits. They are traitors. So you need to have something that in the Catholic Church is called discernment: the capacity to know where is God and where is not. Regardless of it seems like God is here or it seems like God is there. No, no — now you need real discernment, because the Devil has clothed his children with shepherd’s clothing, to make it more difficult to recognize him.
You need to pray for discernment, to pray for the Church, to pray for you, for your children. To pray for your priests, especially for so many bishops who are good, still, and priests who are good, faithful. Who have suffered greatly all these decades, and all these years, being moved from one parish to another because they were preaching the truth, and the pastor or the bishop didn’t like that, so they moved to another place, and another place, living a life of great suffering — they are there. And it’s not fun. It is difficult. You cry a lot, because you feel lonely. Forgotten. Despised. Only because you wanted to be faithful to Christ, but your speech, and your homilies didn’t fit with the ideas of these people who wanted to destroy the Church, and who wanted you to say nice things to the people. Don’t make waves. Just go along with everything. Don’t make people nervous. Just, you know, speak about general things, so people are not aware of what’s going on.
So my dear brothers and sisters, then we must act, which is part of a process of conversion. You must act. Bishop Fulton Sheen, one of the greatest bishops that America has ever had … said that: “Do not look for change in bishops and priests.” Do not. He was talking to you. The change in the Church … will come through you laity. When you don’t give up, and tell your pastor and your priest and your bishop: “Tell us the truth! Stop being just nice, and smiling to us, and preach the Gospel to us! We want to live a holy life, not the life that the world lives. Tell us the truth, and we will help you to sustain the Church with our money and other things. But you, you need to do your mission, you need to do your job, which is helping us to get to heaven. To be saved. To give us the Sacrament, to love Jesus, and not just to be politically correct. That’s not the Gospel.
But that’s the temptation that you laity have fallen into. … Speak out! Do you want the Gospel? Do you want Christ? Do you want heaven? Do you want the truth? Or do you just want what we find everywhere in the world, which is what we really want to hear, what is pleasing to our ears. Demand change in the Church. It’s not going to be enough, just adding a couple of policies to this taking care of the children. It’s not going to be enough just to see three, four, or five cardinals resigning, and ten bishops resigning — it’s not going to be enough. We need to see real change. We need to go back to be faithful to Christ, to Our Lord Christ, not the world. We are here to change the world, not the world to change us. We are the light of the world; we are not equal with the world. We have Christ. We have the truth. The world is helpless. The prince of the world is the Evil One, and we are hear to fight against him.
Now, what I’m saying might sound very hard for you, and I have to say I’m sorry, but I had to say it. Because I’m sick and tired of seeing my mother the Church being insulted and portrayed as an institution of criminals. Because it’s not. It’s my mother, it’s your mother! The one who gave you eternal life through baptism, who gave you the courage through confirmation, who gives you the Eucharist every Sunday you come. She’s our mother, and we need to help her in these dreadful times. So my dear brothers and sisters again, I have to say this because I am priest of Christ. Many people don’t say that, and I was afraid to say something like that. There are more things I want to say, but I don’t say it because I want to be here next week.
[Applause]
But I need to say this, and I ask the Lord’s pardon, because I’m a coward too. Sometimes I don’t say what I should say, because sometimes I’m more concerned about my position. Pray for me too so I may be a saint. But suffering is hard, it’s tough, you don’t want to suffer. Pray, my fellow Catholics, in these dreadful times. Demand from your leaders the truth — only then everything will be fine. With Jesus! Not with cardinals, not with popes. These are human beings. Some are wonderful, some are bad. Only with Christ. Only by doing his will. Only by staying next to him faithfully, everything will be fine. And I tell you this: everything will be fine. The Church of Christ cannot be destroyed through anybody, not for the Devil. They will not destroy the Church, but they will take some members of the Church away — yes, that he can do. And we pray that none of us will be one of them. So my dear brothers and sisters, may the Lord help us in these dreadful times to have courage. I have my hope in God, and in you, the laity. You will save the Church.