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Thoughts on a world gone mad

Twelve people dead; murdered in cold blood by Islamic terrorists. First, each one of these deaths is a tragedy for the families, may God be merciful to them and may they rest in peace and may their families be comforted. May the people that did this be confounded and the evil ideology that motivated them be overwhelmed by the Light of Jesus Christ.

The magazine which they worked for was a pathetic rag run and staffed by anti-religionists who took no prisoners when it came to religion. Their attack on Our Blessed Lord, His Mother, the Pope is reprehensible, the difference is we don't read their garbage, we turn away in disgust or indifference and maybe we say a prayer.

The fundamental problem is that most people in Europe and the the rest of the West have turned against the Christ and have found another god. Europe has lost the ability to defend itself (and we are next) because it has forgotten its roots; we have forgotten who we are and where the truth is. 

Islam is evil. Not all Muslims are evil. There are good Muslims but it is not because of Mahomet and the Koran it is in spite of it. 

Until the Church and all of us proclaim Jesus Christ and Him crucified to everyone, including and especially these poor Muslims trapped in a lie, there will be no way out. 

We must aggressively defend our lands from these evil men and at the same time, we must proclaim Christ.

There is no other way.

To my special friend, be very careful - govern yourself accordingly!

Ah, it seems that my special friend is out there doing his best to undermine my reputation and my character. Be careful, friend, be very careful. You see, I also have a dossier on you and I will use it when I have to. Be afraid, be very afraid before you ever attempt to take me down and remember; you will be held accountable on judgment day for the evil action against me.

And remember this too.

 Quia occuli mei vos.

 

Vigilantes me!

Mother of Mary Wagner responds to Michael Coren

Broadcaster Michael Coren, a Catholic has publicly and harshly criticized Mary Wagner as described in the blog below. 

Jane Wagner, Mary's mother has written a response to Mr. Coren; it deserves to be read and with her permission it is posted below:

Michael, you have missed the point entirely. You said that Mary went to the abortion clinic to be arrested. Wrong. Mary goes to the abortion clinic in an eleventh hour attempt to save the life of a baby who is being carried to his appointment with death. She knows that it is likely that she will be arrested, but she never gives up hope that other pro-lifers will join her there and make it impossible for the judicial system to handle the crowd. You said that she is breaking the law. Yes, a law that is wrong. In the same way that good Germans broke the law in hiding Jews from the Nazi exterminators in the great war. You made other personal disparaging remarks about Mary while defending the indefensible, our Justice system. It is easy for us on the outside, who lead banal and pseudo peaceful lives, to consider the actions of Mary to be reprehensible. So were the acts of Christ, so much so that the political powers of that day had to crucify Him to silence him. I hope this isn't what has to happen to Mary to get you on side. Or maybe you will think she brought it on herself. You resent the Poles for calling us a Fascist country, which by our very actions define us to be. How can you be a proud Canadian when you know that our government supports the wholesale slaughter of innocents, and has a law in place to protect them from public outcry? I wonder which side you really sit on Michael. As Mary's mother, I am deeply ashamed of you and those who share your thinking. Jane Wagner.

Treated as a Catholic heroine in Poland and a pariah by our own as Barona reports.

Coren's confusion over papal authority -

In a recent quote on Facebook referring to his most recent Sun Newspaper article, journalist and "Catholic" author Michael Coren wrote the following:

What I didn't say in my column today was that many right-wing Catholics are so angry with Pope Francis that they are - implicitly and often explicitly - questioning Papal authority; without that, of course, Roman Catholicism has no distinct meaning. Not that right-wing Catholics are alone in this; liberals exhibited the same attitude about John Paul and Benedict. All of which leads us to ask just how many Catholics actually believe that the Pope is the direct descendant of Peter and has exclusive authority. In a world of open debate, encouraged dissent and fierce social media this presents a profound problem for Roman Catholicism. It's going to be an interesting 2015.

Fellow journalist Deborah Guyapong left a comment challenging Coren's statement:

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote: “After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything … especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council … In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope’s authority is bound to the Tradition of faith … The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.”

And this is what Vatican I had defined: “The Holy Spirit was not promised to Peter’s successors so that by its revelation they might disclose new doctrine, but, so that, by its assistance, they might devoutly guard and faithfully set forth the revelation handed down through the Apostles.

Deborah has done us a favour by citing the quote above and links the whole article to Father Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment which addresses a statement by Cardinal Marx of Germany.

What is a "right-wing Catholic" Michael? Is it someone that accepts what the Church has taught down the centuries? Is that a bad thing? I watched your recent interview with Alissa Golub where you showed disdain for the sacrifice Mary Wagner is making and I am saddened by it - though at least you featured it and for that at least, I applaud you. However, the fact remains; as Barona so rightly testifies, her imprisonment, whilst according to the law, is a mark of fascism which has slowly been creeping into our beloved Canada quoting Bishop Johannes Maria Gföllner; “The nation is not the highest power, nor may the state be idolized; The highest power for each nation is and remains religion.” False religion and error has no rights.

These neo-caths (he uses labels so let us use them too) such as Coren, Mark Shea and a host of others are displaying papolatry and that is not Catholic. They and many since the Second Vatican Council have betrayed Our Blessed Lord and His Social Kingship and are Judases, many of them, clerical Judases!

If Pope Francis stood up tomorrow and said "I solemnly proclaim that the moon is made of cream cheese and I bind the belief on all Catholics" would you rush to the store to buy bagels and smoked salmon to celebrate and hire Virgin Airlines to take you there to shovel it up?

Soon, the Pope is expected to issue an Encyclical on the environment. Rumour has it that he will release it at the United Nations. This is appalling and has the credibility of the moon made of green cheese. What does the Pope know of the environment and so-called "global-warming?"

Good grief, climate changes why do you think that there are fossils of ferns and palms in Greenland! 

I will reserve judgement until I see that encyclical but if it trumpets the usual left-wing, Al Gore poppycock of man being responsible for climate change, I will put it in the same category as the moon being made of cream cheese. Stewardship is one thing, a political agenda based on junk-science is something else entirely and not befitting the Vicar of Christ or the Holy Catholic Church.

Now, before one says that we "trads" and "right-wing Catholics" are creating confusion, read the two statements below by Pope Francis : 

“She, during her earthly life, knew no small difficulties, joined to the daily fatigue of existence,” he said. “But she never lost peace of heart, the fruit of trustful abandonment to the mercy of God. Let us ask Mary, our tender Mother, to show to the whole world the sure path of love and of peace.”

 — 

"The Gospel does not tell us anything: if she spoke a word or not… She was silent, but in her heart, how many things told the Lord! ‘You, that day, this and the other that we read, you had told me that he would be great, you had told me that you would have given him the throne of David, his forefather, that he would have reigned forever and now I see him there!’ Our Lady was human! And perhaps she even had the desire to say: ‘Lies! I was deceived!’"

Seriously Michael, Mark and the rest of you, stop misinterpreting the First Vatican Council on the authority of the Pope ; you display ignorance that I find incredulous, particularly as Catholic writers. 

Kasper and the Corruption of the Catholic Church in Germany - Pope Francis please distance yourself and rebuke them!

A declining Church with more dioceses and bishops than England and Wales and only 10% Mass attendance has undue influence over the See of Peter!

The Synod which concluded last October showed to us a deep division within the Church and an evil presence coming out of Germany. From the revolution of Martin Luther through to the philosophies of Hegel, Marx and National Socialism, Germany has done great damage to the Church, Europe and the world, notwithstanding it's industrial and engineering prowess; in fact, it may even think itself godlike!

We know that October 2015 is going to be upon us soon enough. It will be up to many of us laity and bloggers to keep beating the drum against Kasper, Marx, Forte and the others that have undo influence with Pope Francis with an agenda that is heterodox. Indeed, the Pope may be the biggest problem as he himself may actually believe that communion for the divorced and civilly remarried is mercy -- he has made it known how much he appreciated Kasper's book, Mercy.


Below is a quote from an article in the Catholic herald early in December titled "Why the German Church is rich and arrogant!"

"Despite its declining numbers the German Church played a significant role at the recent family synod in Rome. This was largely thanks to Pope Francis’s mystifying decision to let Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican’s retired head of ecumenism, open proceedings back in February at the consistory of cardinals. It should have been obvious that Cardinal Kasper would use the opportunity to push for remarried Catholics to be readmitted to Communion, a subject he has been campaigning on for more than 20 years. Cardinal Kasper’s trademark garrulous style during the synod itself didn’t improve matters, and led him directly into an unedifying row with Cardinal Raymond Burke. It would be easy to dismiss this as unimportant, especially since on this issue Cardinal Kasper is very much out of step with the Catholic hierarchy internationally. But the rumpus at the synod did expose the powerful German Church throwing its weight around in an unusually public way."

These are the same bishops and cardinals that defied Pope Benedict XVI on divesting themselves of the pornographic publishing division which they own and the implementation of "for many" from "for all" in the Consecration of the Precious Blood in the Holy Mass.

The German bishops have undo influence over the Pope and the Church, they must be called out.

See also:
Vox Cantoris: German Bishops' wealth and pornography publishing continue to be questioned

and;

Vox Cantoris: Why is Pope Francis blind to Germany's rich and porn-producing bishops?

Solemn Mass for the Epiphany of the Lord - St. Joseph's Mississauga

A letter from a mother: Mary Wagner's mother to the people of Poland -- and Canada!

On this day when the Church honours Mary, the Mother of God, with the kind permission of Mr. Jacek Kotula at the page Mary Wagner W Polsce, let us reflect on a letter from a mother, that being Jane Wagner, mother of Mary Wagner.

Dear Jacek, and all of you good people in Poland. 

I thank you from the deepest places in my heart for your love and support of my daughter, Mary. I think that you, as a nation, truly understand what Mary is doing, and because of this, and because of your greatness of heart, Mary has had more support from you than anywhere else in the world combined. I can see why the great St John Paul came from amongst you! Indeed, you are truly a blessing to Mary and to the babies she speaks for. 

In Canada, there is very little support for Mary, even amongst Catholics. Mary spent 3 months at home with us, which was such a gift. But not once was she asked to speak at our Church or at any parish on Vancouver Island. When she arrived in Poland, she was constantly invited to speak for Life. 

I think that Canadians are blinded by the idea of the Law, a law that is clearly wrong, and yet it seems that they see only the law. They fear anarchy, if one can break the law to win an argument. There is a real spiritual death in our country, even if I may dare say so, amongst the clergy. I have almost never heard words from the pulpit condemning abortion or abortifacient contraceptives. It is no wonder that Canadian Catholics have abortions almost as often as other Canadians. Our priests are strangely silent, for the most part. Our Bishops are no different.They love peace: they don't want confrontation, they don't want change, they don't want to be uncomfortable. They are willing to compromise with evil just to keep people happy and quiet. For Canadian people the status quo is something they are comfortable with and they chose not to consider what abortion is, beyond a woman's right to chose. They don't ever want to rock the boat, in case they get wet. 

Peace and joy abound in Mary. She understands that true peace cannot be wrought by complacency with evil, and that without the Truth, we are all empty pots. She knows that her worth is in Christ, and that she is simply His servant. She does whatever He tells her to do, and so she has peace and joy in abundance. Sometimes Christ comes to us in other people; in Mary's case, He came to her through your people in Poland, and through the hand full of people she has here. Her time with you prepared her for the wasteland of her fight in Canada. Her love for Mother Theresa and for St John Paul, have shaped her life, and your people continue to give her hope and support as she goes forward. 

Mary is not unhappy in prison. I know that she would prefer to be free, but she is wise enough to know that wherever God leads her, He has work for her to do that will satisfy her soul. I also know that she does suffer in prison, as do all prisoners: they are not often treated with the dignity due to them as part of the human family, they suffer from lack of privacy, lack of freedom, constant noise, and sometimes from the elements of cold and hunger as well. But Mary is there with hope, because this life is finite, and God sees and knows all things. She brings Him to others through her gentle and prayerful presence. She is a small beacon of light behind the bars. When I told her that I was worried about her going back to prison, that she is small and there are some dangerous people there, she smiled and said: "don't worry, Mama. They love me in there". I keep these words in my heart and hope they remain true.

God bless Poland! Thank you for being there for Mary. Don't give up your efforts!

Love,

Jane Wagner

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Barona at Toronto Catholic Witness and this blogger have been reporting regularly on the matter of Mary Wagner and her arrest just prior to Christmas. We have yet to read anything in our Catholic press.

I personally challenge Thomas Rosica, CSB, who stops by here regularly, to put this letter on his Twitter feed.

I personally challenge Jim O"Leary, editor of the Catholic Register to make this a priority for the next issue and to raise awareness of Mary's plight across the country.

Do you need to be shamed because frankly, your silence is doing it.

If the people of Poland can rise to her defense and offer prayers for her, what on earth is wrong with our own?

Where is Salt + Light - where is the Catholic Register with regards to Mary Wagner

Mary Wagner sits in prison in Milton, Ontario for counselling women about to have their babies murdered in their wombs under the eyes of the Province of Ontario and our nation, Canada. She sits there because of an unjust law - a 35 year old "temporary injunction" preventing protests, prayers, vigils or sidewalk counselling outside an abortuary. 

Mary made her choice. She new the consequences of her actions. She is a prisoner of conscience in our Canada.

In Poland, it is all over the Catholic media. She is a heroine there and a petition is circulating and a demonstration is scheduled at the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw.

Now an American blog, Christ's Faithful Witness, has picked up the ball.

Barona at Toronto Catholic Witness has posted consistently on Mary Wagner and in particular, has been responsible for getting us the news from Poland.

I have written twice to the Editor of Toronto's Catholic Register and still there is nothing on their web page to indicate that they have even noticed. Will there be anything in their print edition later this week?

We still await a Tweet from Father Tom Rosica or Salt + Light.

Nothing, not a word.

But when Francis issues an encylical on the false science of man-caused global warming and climate change and the absurd proposition that we can actually control the climate for good or ill, well; these modernists will be all over that.

Yes. Our Church leaders have fallen for the secular liars and the god of environmentalism 

Happy New Year to all you sour-faced, Promethean, neo-Pelagian, rosary prayers trying to save babies.

What a bonny idiot, or a twerp

So, the Bishop of Antwerp, Johan Bonny is calling for the Church to formalise and recognise sodomite unions and those who worship the goddess of lesbos.

I can't imagine why?

Maybe he knows the Archbishop of St. John's. 

What will Francis do?

Here is what he said.

What is important for me is that Pope Francis moved tags. This greatly exited me. I can not remain a neutral spectator of these changes, I want to participate. Furthermore, everyone at some point in his life is confronted with relationships, friendships,family and the education of children. We must not deny that there is trauma about these matters in the Church. Far too many people have felt excluded for a long time. The Church can fix the breach of trust by talking openly and sincerely about the issues which are really bothering people...

As bishops, we have too long thought it impossible to discuss some lessons or disciplinary rules: we have acted pragmatically to avoid damaging the Faith. Thus, a gap has widened between the Church’s official teaching and daily practice...

Before Francis, there was an official status quo about these topics and very few opportunities for discussion. In less than two years, the Pope has managed to get a discussion started about these issues...

Personally, I find that in the Church there should be more openness for the recognition of the substantive quality of the LGBT couple. Their form of shared life must meet the same requirements as religious marriage. Basic values are for me more important than the institutional form. Christian Ethics champions lasting relationships in which faithfulness, loyalty and care for each other are central; and which are open to new life, or at least recognise the responsibility of the partners to be generous towards children and young people. We must accept that those values may be present in a relationship of diversity and we must try to give form to these relationships...

We need to seek within the Church for a formal recognition of the “relationality” which is as present in many couples which are homosexual as in those which are heterosexual.Should it be a sacramental recognition of marriage? Maybe the Church should instead think about recognising a diversity of patterns.

This discussion is the same for civil marriage. In Belgium, the same model is used for gender relations of homosexual and heterosexual couples; but there are other possibilities, which I believe are valid. It may not be necessary to force all relationships into the same model...

Just as there is in our society a variety of legal frameworks for partners, so the Church should recognise a diversity of relationship forms. This would avoid the pitfall of complex ideological disputes. I favour the recognition of a variety of forms which emerge from a reflection on pastoral experience, rather than theoretical discussions; because they often degenerate into sterile disputes and generate discord...

Life is a practical thing, is not it? Such issues can only be dealt with credibly if humanity and understanding are exercised; not by theoretical discussions. The same dynamic is active in the Church. The ecclesial community is a big family and my main concern is how to encourage this style of response. I do not want to downplay the significance of the doctrinal issues; but... I also want to keep the family together. I want all the family members to celebrate Christmas together and form a united community.
[J. Bonny in “De Morgan” 27^thDecember 2014] 

Mary Wagner - Poland taking up her cause to Canadian Ambassador

The Instytut Ordo Caritatis in Poland has established an online petition to the Canadian Ambassador to Poland to protest the jailing of Mary Wagner.

How embarrassing for our once glorious land and how edifying that the people of Poland know what truth and human rights are. Perhaps it is because they suffered the loss of both so often and faced murder and persecution by various tyrannies the most recent being National Socialism and Soviet Bolshevism.

As of this writing, there are nearly 27,000 signatures.

You can sign the petition here. Please spread it around your social media. The boxes you need to fill in are first name, family name, email, pull down box to Kanada and add postal code where it says "kod pocztowy."

Thanks to Barona for finding this gem and clearly stating that her imprisonment, not for trespassing, but for violating an unjust injunction, is against the United Nations Charter of Human Rights, something the Poles clearly understand.

Petycja do Premiera Rządu Kanady

Wolność dla Mary Wagner

   

Canadian Catholic sentenced to prison for saving lives of unborn children
Do you know who is Mary Wagner? The 38-year-old Catholic from Canada, for many years, is committed to protecting the lives of unborn children. For this conviction she has been arrested and is in prison in Canada.

Although it seems unbelievable that in Canada there is sentenced to prison someone for Catholic beliefs, it has unfortunately happened. On the one hand, Canada gives citizens the "freedom" to kill unborn children, on the other ties the hands of those who want to use peaceful means to dissuade women from abortion.

Mary Wagner has for many years prayed at abortion clinics, talking to women who intend to have an abortion, many handed white roses and some of the women and their children were rescued.

The presence of Mary at an "abortuary business" caused her arrest and imprisonment as a symbol that would discourage other pro-life people to commit similar acts.

Mary, however, does not give in and announced that after release will continue trying to save the lives of unborn children and their mothers. As she wrote in her letter during a recent visit to Poland, "my visit to Poland also led me to Auschwitz. I would not go there alone, but did not want to deny my friends. This is what we saw shocked me to the core. Reading the guest book call: "Let this crime will never happen again", I realized that "this" happens again, just before our eyes in another place, in Toronto it is happening now in Canada and around the world.

Let us show our solidarity to this lonely Mary, who struggles with wicked system and use all available means fighting for her release.

Signatures go to the Prime Minister of Canada by email (sign the petition is to send such a message).

Those who have already signed the petition are:

Michael Baran, a board member of the Foundation ONE OF US
Gortych Bartholomew, president of the Catholic Association of Academic SALT DEO
Marek Jurek
Ks. Thomas Kancelarczyk, Brotherhood of small feet
Lech Łuczyński, Institute of Ordo Caritatis
Prof. Ryszard Legutko
Prof. Mirosław Piotrowski
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski
Dr. Paul Wosicki, president of the Polish Federation of Pro-Life Movements
Dr. Eng. Antoni Zieba, president of the Polish Association for the Protection of Human Life.

Mary Wagner - Heroine for Christmas, heroine for Christ!

While we are busy preparing all our Christmas treats and gifts, yesterday on December 23, someone else prepared some gifts. Her name is Mary Wagner and she is a heroine for life. In the early hours of the morning, Mary prepared roses and little cards which she would give as gifts to women causing her to be placed under arrest for violating a 35 year-old "temporary injunction" against the civil right of standing in front of an abortuary. Mary crossed into the so-called "bubble-zone" and entered within its doors. The zone is to keep any person from counselling or praying or quietly standing within it away from any abortion mill in Ontario. Three burly officers "as cold as December" to quote Father Paul Nicholson, arrested Mary and led her away.

This is not the first time, Mary has spent time in jail before for protecting children, aiding women and trying to force the courts to overturn this unjust injunction. She is a champion of human and civil rights and lawful civil disobedience.

Mary has chosen the better part. She has chosen to spend her Christmas in jail from where she does her best work counselling and praying for the women there and helping them resist the temptation to kill their babies.

While many of our priests and bishops refuse to speak of this evil from the pulpit; whilst many have made compromises with the state and continue to provide Holy Communion to Catholic politicians who advocate for the killing of babies in contravention of Canon Law; while our Church experts and even some of Her "loyal sons of the Church" mock those who stand out in front of abortion mills because of their "sour faces," and their "rosaries" -- this woman, Mary Wagner puts them all to shame! 

Mary Wagner confounds the Province of Ontario, Mary Wagner confounds every priest, every bishop, every cardinal, she confounds all of us who have not an ounce of the courage that this woman possesses.

You and I will sit in our warm homes this Christmas. Mary is in jail.

The paragraph below is from the Facebook page of Father Paul Nicholson.

Early this morning, I was with the remarkable Mary Wagner, as she prepared to rescue mothers from committing the abomination of abortion. She enters the abortion mill and presents each tragic mother with a rose, gently admonishing her to think over her scheduled abortion. She is direct, but she is very gentle. We were only a small little group, as we went out to support Mary. She was eventually arrested and taken into custody. The three big police officers, who came to collect, seemed to be as cold as a day in December. But I am sure something inside them felt, that this was no ordinary prisoner. She, like the unborn child, was an intruder. She, like the unborn child, had to be removed. Mary expressed the radical form of solidarity. She will be spending Christmas in prison, as a prisoner of conscience. Will you spread the news that Mary has made herself a victim with all the little victims of abortion? Or are you too concerned about what people will think of your Facebook posts? Look, we all are subject to human respect, but at least we should be brave enough to publicly praise such a modern day hero. Think of Mary Wagner when you are with family and friends this Christmas. She deserves your respect!Remember the babies who have no one to speak for them.

Let us remember Mary Wagner this Christmas in our prayers that God will protect her and comfort her and aid her in her every need. Let us also thank Our Blessed Lord that He has given to our city and to our province and country someone of such courage and fortitude for the truth and who shames the rest of us in her faith and bravery.

God bless you Mary Wagner; and Merry Christmas to you.

Mary Wagner, as a previous guest of the Province of Ontario

Traditional Latin and Anglican Ordinariate Divine Worship for Christmas - Toronto and southern Ontario

ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO

Solemn Mass in the Night

12:00 A.M.

 Oratory Church of the Holy Family - Toronto

Sung Mass 

9:00 A.M.

St. Patrick's Church - Schomberg

Read Mass

9:30 A.M.

St. Vincent de Paul Church - Toronto

Solemn Mass

11:00 A.M.

Oratory Church of the Holy Family -Toronto

Read Mass with Music

1:00 P.M.

St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church - Scarborough

Read Mass

3:00 P.M.

Carmel of the Infant Jesus, Zephyr

DIOCESE OF HAMILTON

Sung Mass in the Night

12:00 A.M.

St. Mary of the Purification - Mount Forest

Sung Mass
1:00 P.M.
St. Clement's Catholic Church - St. Clement's, Ontario

DIOCESE OF LONDON

Sung Mass

11:00 A.M.

St. Anne's Church - St. Thomas, Ontario

  

 Sung Mass

2:00 P.M.

Holy Name of Mary Church, Windsor

DIOCESE OF ST. CATHARINES

Sung Mass in the Night

12:00 A.M.
Read Mass at 9:00 A.M.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Church - Thorold

ANGLICAN ORDINARIATE OF THE 
CHAIR OF ST. PETER
DEANERY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
 

Milanese Curia strips Catholic teacher of license for showing The Silent Scream

In Ontario, the certification of a Catholic teacher to teach religion is the responsibility of OECTA, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association. It is an absurdity that former Archbishops of Toronto divested themselves of this authority. To wrestle it back now given labour laws would be near impossible.

Yet, having the archdiocesan curia responsible for the certification of teachers of religion may not be the be all and end all as we can discern from this example in Milan, Italy.

Giorgio Nadali, is a highly regarded teacher with twenty-six years of experience, a journalist and author with nine religious books sot his credit and a a contributor to Catholic publications. Teaching at Liceo Cardeno in Milan, Nadali thought it a normal course of action to teach on the matters of life and the evil of abortion. He chose The Silent Scream, produced by the late Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a former Jewish abortionist who realised through ultra-sound and the fight-back of the foetus that he was killing a baby. Dr. Nathanson converted spent the remainder of his career fighting abortion and died a faithful Catholic. 

More faithful than the Ambrosian Curia of Milan is this teacher who, on December 12, 2014 revoked, Nadali's right to teach the Catholic religion in school.

The whole article in Italian can be found at Ricossa Cristiana. 

Known to be a mentor of Father Thomas Rosica, Cardinal Carlo Martini's damage and heterodoxy runs deep, including a call to change the Church's stance on divorce and remarriage, "Unless the church adopts a more generous attitude towards divorced persons, it will lose the allegiance of future generations," he said.

The fact that Cardinal Angelo Scola has allowed his curia to embrace the world and persecute this teacher is a sad commentary on someone considered in 2013 to be papabile. Martini is suspected to have been close to being elected pope in 2005. He has also been claimed by the Grand Lodge of Italy, to have been a Freemason.

I think we went too far

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of chauffeuring the late Bishop Pearce Lacey to a Knights of Columbus dinner in Toronto. He was about 94 at the time. Whilst in the car, he began talking of his past as pastor of Transfiguration of Our Lord Church in Etobicoke and then his appointment by Archbishop Pocock as Rector of St. Michael's Cathedral. The then, Father Lacey was put in charge of the liturgical implementation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council.

He said to me, "we went to this conference and that seminar...and then this plenary and we visited with these consultants....and the Dominicans said this and...and....and...."

He then became very quiet and I asked him if everything was okay. He said sadly, "David, I think we went too far." Having worked previously as a Special Assistant to both a federal and provincial cabinet minister, I responded in the usual way to him as I did them .... "Yes, Your Excellency."

I was inspired to write this because of this communion rail restoration by Father Allan J. MacDonald of Southern Orders Blog.

Here is a little paragraph from the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctam Concilium of the Second Vatican Council. 

26. When passing judgment on works of art, local ordinaries shall give a hearing to the diocesan commission on sacred art and, if needed, also to others who are especially expert, and to the commissions referred to in Art. 44, 45, and 46.

Ordinaries must be very careful to see that sacred furnishings and works of value are not disposed of or dispersed; for they are the ornaments of the house of God.

Read it again and ask yourself what happened. 

Where is the carrera marble altar and communion rail at St. Paul's Basilica? What happened to the beauty of St. Francis of Assist Church or Holy Name or every other wreckovated church of God in Toronto? A few survive almost intact, except for the notorious communion rail, though in the case of St. Vincent de Paul, it has been restored. St. Cecilia, St. Ann, St. Mary, St. Basil, St. Helen, St. Mark and a handful of others which had stubborn pastors and congregations perhaps too poor to destroy what their ancestors built for God somehow survived, again except for the communion rail.

The next time they tell you that it was all in the name of the "spirit of Vatican II" you will easily be able to discern from whence that spirit came and call them for out for what they are.

God help them.

Padre Marcos Ribverto Pires - Reason #1001 for Summorum Pontifcum

An absolute disgrace of the Mass. An egoist for a priest. An arrogant and repulsive abuse of the sacred liturgy and Our Blessed Lord's sacrifice. Shame on this priest. Shame on his bishop and shame on the stupid sheeple he is leading to Hades!

This is from Brazil. It is an example of the condition of the Church in South America.

Prophet or Purveyor

Another interesting Tweet from the English language spokesman of the Holy See.

He refers to an article by Ann Carey in the National Catholic Register, though he probably has not even read it since he does not link to it directly on the Tweet but to instead, comments on it at the modernist Commonweal. The recent report on Leadership Conference of Women Religious, ordered by Pope Benedict XVI has been issued and the report is a whitewash which should not be surprising given the current crisis in the Church. 

As I wrote a few days ago, it really does not matter. Time marches on and the biological clock is ticking. In ten years they will all be gone or incapacitated. They have no progeny; their work was straw and they are "sterile" and their Orders will die out with them. 

The greater issue is that this is the Holy See's English-language spokesman. He has no business engaging in these tweets and insults of other faithful Catholics who happen to have an opinion other than his own.

This is the worst form of clericalism. The Pope should reprimand him for his constant barrages and send him packing.

As for being prophets of doom, better that than purveyors of the same.

Blood on their hands

There is blood on the hands of New York City Mayor de Blasio, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, Barack Obama and others. These men are race-baiters and demagogues. 

They are corrupt, despicable and evil men.

May they be confounded. May the perpetrator, an Islamist, receive just judgment.

May the Lord of all grant eternal rest to the souls of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu and comfort their families.

Christmas at Toronto's Anglican Ordinariate - St. Thomas More Parish

We are pleased to promote here the Christmas services of our friends at the Anglican Ordinariate in Toronto at St. Thomas More Parish at Sacre-Coeur Catholic Church. Please note that any Catholic, not just a former member of the Church of England, can attend the Anglican Ordinariate and receive the Holy Eucharist.

If you've not experienced this beautiful Anglican Use it has as options the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, the Tridentine Offertory and the Roman Canon in addition to the beautiful Prayer of Humble Access and hierarchical English. 

There is also Good Shepherd Ordinariate Parish in Oshawa and St. Edmund, King & Martyr in Kitchener. Please keep Father Tilley of Good Shepherd in your prayers as he is recovering from major surgery and will be away for perhaps two months. In the meantime, Father Marco Testa, Pastor of Immaculate Conception parish at Port Perry has been assigned to offer the Divine Liturgy and assist the souls at Good Shepherd. God bless all involved and Cardinal Collins for coming to the aid of this community.

Cardinal Burke: "The Synod was a difficult experience"

Rorate Caeli blog has the translation of an interview in Le Figaro with Raymond Cardinal Burke and also a little snippet of what is really going on in the Vatican.

Once again, thank you Cardinal Burke for being a man of faith and courage for all you are doing for Our Lord, His Church and us poor faithful, weary and worn by the insanity of Rome.

Nuns, heretics and slipping on banana peels

The final report on the Nuns on the Bus is out and is a sham, a whitewash. It was not intended to be when it began but in this new environment what can one expect?

At the end of the day, what does it really matter, except for the souls of course of those religious sister and nuns who tore off their habits, engaged in social justice work to the exclusion of all else, eco-spirituality, pro-abortion advocacy, heresy, radical feminism and so much more. 

The reality is, in a decade, they'll all be gone, dead or suffering from dementia and the problem will have solved itself. May God be merciful to them.

Those left in faithful religious orders will pick up the pieces and carry on to rebuild.

Meanwhile ...

Today, we have more information that these same ecumaniacal that whitewashed the report on the nuns are actually going to celebrate the Lutheran revolution of death and destruction - celebrate a liar, a filthy blasphemer, an adulterer, a heretic, a filthy murderer of souls. While Father Luther may had some initial justifiable concerns about the corruption that existed, his schism and heresy has lead to the fall of many souls into Hell. For the Church to even consider any celebration of what this man said, did, wrote and founded is a scandal.

Meanwhile, the real Catholics associated with Econe remain in limbo and the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate suffer persecution; it seems that two plus two indeed equals five.  

Watch out for those banana peels.

Thank you Cardinal Burke

The photo above shows John-Henry Westen of LifeSiteNews presenting the 30,000 signatured book (which includes my wife's and mine) to His Eminence Leo Cardinal Burke at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin. 

The serenity and humility in the countenance of Cardinal Burke is quite apparent. He is a gift from God in these troubled times in the Church and in the world.

Thank you Cardinal Burke for everything that you have done for Christ and His Church and may God keep you strong in the coming years that you may continue to speak out with the truth of the faith.

Pope Francis rebukes Father Thomas Rosica - Holy Family is indeed, "regular"

A satirical reflection on the absurd.

In a stunning rebuke of pronouncement of the President of the Internet, Father Thomas J. Rosica, that the Holy Family was "irregular." said in association with the Synod on the Family and at the same time that the "irregularity" of families was being discussed; Pope Francis today at his audience contradicted the earlier reports by the Vatican's English-language spokesman and Executive Director of Canada's Pepper + Darkness Our Catholic Channel of No Hope, has pronounced that the Holy Family was indeed, "regular."

Catholic faithful around the world are deeply grateful to the Holy Father for this statement that does not insult or degrade the faithful but provides salve to the wounds of the smelly sheep in the periphery with clarity and charity.

The Pope is losing and slipping on banana peels

Reading the honesty written in this blog post by a 34 year-old mother of three one at Faith in Our Families, one can feel her struggle.

What it shows is this; Jorge Bergoglio, Bishop of Rome and Pope is losing devoted Catholics. His homily yesterday which I commented on in the post below this is a reminder of what he said in his apostolic exhortation Evangelium Gaudium.

94. This worldliness can be fuelled in two deeply interrelated ways. One is the attraction of gnosticism, a purely subjective faith whose only interest is a certain experience or a set of ideas and bits of information which are meant to console and enlighten, but which ultimately keep one imprisoned in his or her own thoughts and feelings. The other is the self-absorbed promethean neopelagianism of those who ultimately trust only in their own powers and feel superior to others because they observe certain rules or remain intransigently faithful to a particular Catholic style from the past. A supposed soundness of doctrine or discipline leads instead to a narcissistic and authoritarian elitism, whereby instead of evangelizing, one analyzes and classifies others, and instead of opening the door to grace, one exhausts his or her energies in inspecting and verifying. In neither case is one really concerned about Jesus Christ or others. These are manifestations of an anthropocentric immanentism. It is impossible to think that a genuine evangelizing thrust could emerge from these adulterated forms of Christianity.

What the writer at Faith in Our Fathers has so clearly articulated is that the people that are the worldly and self-absorbed; the clericalist and pharisees are his friends, his patrons, they are not my friends, they are his. They are as she has listed the Kaspers and Cormac O'Connor's of this world and I would add the Lombardis and Rosicas and others that have surrounded this Pope since his election in March of 2013. 

And then there is this from yesterday's homily:

“Even our life can become like that, even our life. And sometimes, I confess something to you, when I have seen a Christian, a Christian of that kind, with a weak heart, not firm, not fixed on the rock—Jesus – and with such rigidness on the outside, I ask the Lord: ‘But Lord, throw a banana peel in front of them, so that they will take a good fall, and feel shame that they are sinners, and so encounter You, [and realize] that You are the Saviour. Many times a sin will make us feel shame, and make us encounter the Lord, Who pardons us, as the sick who were there and went to the Lord for healing.”

Who speaks like this?  

It is time for the Pope to state clearly what it is he wants and to stop talking in gibberish and confusion. He wants to call the faithful names and insult us; we have every right to question him as to his intent.

Satan has entered St. Peter's Basilica

How could this travesty been permitted?

This liturgical sham in the sanctuary of St. Peter's Basilica? How could they betray everything Pope Benedict XVI had done to restore sacred liturgy? How could they even think that this is an appropriate way to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

This music is evil, it's beat and rhythm is secular and from the pits of Hell, 

It is a scandal upon the Holy Mass.

Who is responsible for this scandal, this absurdity, this travesty?  

As a Catholic, I can only hang my head in shame and pray for you conversion. 

May St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church open their eyes, before they are closed by heaven.

May God forgive them for this.

Because I cannot.