As if our dear Canada is not battered enough and the faithful left to the devices of tyrants in government the Bishops of Quebec have barred the faithful from Mass by acquiescing to the despotic Premier, Francis Legault. There is little one can write about this, the bishops have written their own condemnation. I do not pray for God's mercy upon them, I pray for His justice!
Letter from the bishops to the Catholics of Quebec (evequescatholiques-quebec.translate.goog)
Along with all believers, we, Catholic Bishops of Quebec, rejoice in the reopening of places of worship on February 7, 2022. We see in this a recognition, by public authorities, of the importance of religious gatherings and activities for a large number of citizens. It will thus be possible for the communities to gradually resume their activities and thus provide support and comfort to a large number of people.
The resumption of our activities is an opportunity to recall the duty of the State to respect, promote and protect religious freedom. The Declaration on Religious Freedom made during the Second Vatican Council is very clear on this subject and we endorse this conviction:
It is an essential duty for all civil power to protect and promote the inviolable rights of man. The civil power must therefore, by just laws and other appropriate means, effectively assume the protection of the religious freedom of all citizens and ensure favorable conditions for the development of religious life so that citizens are able to exercise their rights and to fulfill their religious duties, and that society itself may enjoy the goods of justice and peace flowing from the fidelity of men to God and his holy will. [1]
The reopening of our churches is the result of the many efforts of the members of the Table interreligious de concertation du Québec, with whom we are in solidarity and with whom we have coordinated our efforts to insistently ask the government to reopen places of worship as soon as possible. . We have also insisted that people attending our assemblies be exempted from the requirement of the vaccination passport, aware of the negative effects of its imposition on our communities.
We recognize that many believers believe that this requirement constitutes intolerable discrimination that deprives unvaccinated people of their right to religious freedom. This exclusion appears to them to be incompatible with the very essence of a welcoming community of believers, compassionate and open to diversity, with which we fully agree.
However, in this exceptional time of pandemic, Catholics have a duty to join their efforts with those of all members of society to ensure the safety and health of all. And this, even if certain measures affect for a time the exercise of certain freedoms.
The Declaration on Religious Freedom [2] challenges us on this subject. At number 2 of this text, we can read:
This Vatican Council declares that the human person has the right to religious freedom. This freedom consists in the fact that all men must be exempt from all constraint on the part of individuals as well as of social groups and of any human power whatsoever, so that in religious matters no one is forced to act against his conscience nor prevented from acting, within just limits, according to his conscience, in private or in public, alone or in association with others.
The declaration therefore recognizes that "just limits" can be imposed on religious freedom in certain circumstances. Moreover, the Council Fathers also consider it necessary to underline in number 7 of the same declaration that this freedom is not absolute: it comes with a responsibility with regard to the common good.
In the use of all freedom must be observed the moral principle of personal and social responsibility: the moral law obliges every man and social group to take into account, in the exercise of their rights, the rights of others, their duties towards others and for the common good of all. With regard to all, we must act with justice and humanity. [3]
Thus, for members of the Catholic community, the expression of religious freedom is not centered solely on individual rights and needs, but also on concern for the health of others. This freedom may exceptionally be subject to temporary restrictions for the common good.
The same is true for freedom of conscience. Indeed, conscience does not operate in a vacuum: it is formed in dialogue with different sources of moral wisdom and its decisions must be oriented towards others, in solidarity with others. As Pope Francis reminded us in an address to members of the Catholic media on January 28, 2022, “ we do not come out of a crisis alone ” [4] . To do this, we must work together, together for others, especially those who are in need, and together in the service of the truth, which means seeking that which promotes communion and the good of all.
As humanity faces the risks posed by the pandemic to our societies, Catholics recognize that the government not only has the right, but above all the duty to intervene to ensure the health and safety of all. It is the duty of the State, even if the decisions taken are imperfect and questionable, made at the cost of scientific and political compromises.
While exercising healthy vigilance as well as our democratic duty to discuss and question certain decisions, we are challenged by the apostle Paul, who reminds us to never stop supporting our rulers with our prayers:
I encourage, above all, to make requests, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving for all men, for heads of state and all those who exercise authority, so that we can lead our lives in peace and quiet, in all godliness and dignity. (First Epistle to Timothy 2,1-2)
This is why it seems reasonable to us, in the circumstances, to agree to certain compromises to contribute to the safety and health of all. For a time, we accept that the vaccination passport is required to access a place of worship, even if this measure upsets us deeply. However, we remain in contact with government authorities to remind them that this requirement goes against our beliefs and to ensure that it will be lifted as soon as it is safe to do so.
That said, we would like to affirm the concern of all the pastors of our Church to seek by all means to accompany and offer support to all those who for a time will not have access to our churches. Whether through individual meetings, through the broadcasting of celebrations, through outdoor celebrations or by any other safe means, we want all baptized persons to be welcomed and accompanied.
In these exceptionally difficult times for everyone, we join our prayer to that of Pope Francis: " I ask God, concludes the Holy Father, that each of us may bring his little grain of sand, his little gesture of love . [5] In no way do the constraints we encounter prevent us from loving our neighbour, from helping him, from offering him our friendship.
May the Peace of the Lord and his grace be with you!
The members of the Executive of our Assembly,
+ Christian Rodembourg, MSA
Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe
President of the Assembly
+ Paul-André Durocher
Archbishop of Gatineau
Vice-President of the Assembly
+ Gerald C. Card. Lacroix
Archbishop of Quebec
+ Christian Lépine
Archbishop of Montreal
+ Luc Cyr
Archbishop of Sherbrooke
February 3, 2022
Information : Msgr. Pierre Murray, CSS, Secretary General
Assembly of Quebec Catholic Bishops
Telephone: 514-914-0553
Email: pmurray@evequescatholiques.quebec | www.evequescatholiques.quebec
[1] Declaration on Religious Freedom — Dignitatis Humanae of December 7, 1965. https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651207_dignitatis-humanae_en.html , number 6, accessed January 28, 2022 .
[2] Ibid. number 2.
[3] Ibid. number 7.
[4] Address by Pope Francis in English on January 28, 2022. https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2022/january/documents/20220128-mediacattolici.html , accessed February 2, 2022. Unofficial translation.
[5] https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/pape/news/2021-08/pape-francois-message-video-vaccination.html , accessed February 2, 2022.
7 comments:
They can follow bergolio straight to hell!!
Truly, in my heart and soul I no longer believe this is the church - so keep them all locked, bankrupt all the diocese’, and be done with it already.
Can we all not see finally that bergolio is a demon and any and all priests who follow him - and praise him snd his unholy ways - are his minions ??
I can no longer take part in this lie - I’m done !
It's early in the morning, and I'm awake. I'm too tired to pull apart this disgustingly weasely insult of a response, but, tomorrow's another day. These men don't fear hell, because they don't believe in hell. They believe in the world and their own material comfort, ease, and getting good marks from the government. They also don't believe in science. Data is proving unvaxxed recovered are better protected against Covid than vaxxed, who are getting it in record numbers, although the numbers in the US are crashing and Canada should be the same. Except for coercion and harassment of one group of citizens there is no reason at all to continue to persecute the unvaxxed. Can they point to even one example of someone catching Covid from Mass?
They can't. It's not happened, unless it was early on when nobody knew how to mitigate at all.
The people are being betrayed by Judases.
Anyone paying the least bit of attention knows that mandates are no longer about preventing the spread of Covid. Even policy-makers (both elected and unelected) are admitting that it is about coercing that tiny minority of people who are still unvaccinated. Their is absolutely no excuse for the bishops to be ignorant of this fact.
And if they are not ignorant, so much more are they guilty of turning against their own flock. Instead of leading the battle against the dark forces, they have joined with them.
These men are satanic. If anything, the texts of the Council firmly come down on the side of the Freedom Convoy. Remember these are the same fiends who remained silent whilst their predecessors violently persecuted Fr Normandin ( lof holy memory). These are the monsters who spit on the Canadian Martyrs and the procession of holy nuns and sisters out of la Belle Province. Now they join the apostate Premier in persecuting the Church in a manner that even the conquors on the Plains of Abraham refrained from. JUDASES! JUDAS BISHOPS!!! May St Brother Andre delivery into them through the hands of St Joseph and St Anne the “reward” they justly deserve.
NWO & the Ape Church are linked. Both hate Catholicism because the Mesiah they refused to follow confirmed His authority by rising from the dead as He said He would & instituted His Church on St. Peter & First Apostles with the assurance that He would be with them until the end of time. Giving them the authority to offer the unbloody sacrifice of the Holy Mass & the Sacraments to support their mission led to their realisation that they couldn't annihilate Him as He had power over death & this fact enraged that sector of Judaism which we call Crypto Jews. They instituted Freemasonry who have an agenda to wipe out once & for all time anyone who follows Him & have been preparing for this precise time for over four hnundred years. They pull the strings of all financial institutions, governments, UN, EU, Vatican, CCP etc. & are thus able to support both sides of every debate in order to cause chaos & disenchantment among the public. They occupy both the NO, TLM, Prelature, Political Parties of all hues, Teaching, Medical, Scientific Professions & Big Pharma leaving us with no escape. It will seem to us that we have been abandoned by God & the Devil has won, but that is when Our Lady said she will enter the stage & trample Satan. She keeps repeating that all of us must recite the Rosary daily in order to bring this about more quickly & has asked us to persistently pray to Her Divine Son asking Him to relent & give us the Prelate Heaven has long blessed with the mission of strengthening the spirits of our priests. Literally the Rosary has become our weapon of defence & we need to persevere in its use. They have no right to mandate unethical control over us & since the closure of our Churches two years ago during Holy Week the regular attendees at Holy Mass has gone down by two-thirds. This has led to begging for higher plate collections which is hardly likely to happen as long as these ungodly restrictions persist. We hopefully expect our Traditional Orders to make the decision they should have made after VII & call for the revoking of that council & a return to the Mass of Ages & traditional sacraments. If fear prevents them then they are not leaders. St. Anthanatius didn't fear excommunication (5 times) & became the greatest saint of the Arian Crisis.
While I understand and appreciate the anger, fear, and frustration that surrounds the current situation: both the Freedom convoy and the chaos within the Church, I am truly saddened by nastiness being expressed by some on this site. The apparent need to resort to name calling and the use of threatening language is unneccesary and un christian. Before saying or doing anything, I urge everyone to prayerfully read and reflect on the words of St-Paul in his letter to the Ephesians, (Eph 4:29-32).
Jesus himself sometimes used harsh language and name-calling to get his point across, when he thought it necessary. Saint Paul's words in Ephesians are about how Christians should treat other Christians --- fake Christians and apostate bishops don't count.
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